Secure

Secure
v. trans.
Render safe: P. βεβαιοῦν.
Secure for oneself: P. βεβαιοῦσθαι.
Strengthen: P. κρατύνειν.
Occupy: P. and V. κατέχειν, Ar. and P. καταλαμβνειν.
Fix: P. and V. πηγνύναι.
Fasten: P. and V. κλῄειν, συγκλῄειν; see {{U}}Fasten.
Make fast: see {{U}}Bind.
Make firm: P. and V. ἐμπεδοῦν (Plat. but rare P.).
Obtain: P. and V. κτᾶσθαι, κατακτᾶσθαι, λαμβνειν, φέρεσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, εὑρίσκεσθαι; see {{U}}Obtain.
Secure as helper: P. and V. προσλαμβνειν. P. and V. παρέχειν (τί τινι), P. παρασκευάζειν (τί τινι), περιποιεῖν (τί τινι).
Secure a person an opportunity: P. ἐξουσίαν τινὶ παρασκευάζειν.
This service secured you the victory over the Æginetans: P. ἡ εὐεργεσία αὕτη ... πάρεσχεν ὑμῖν Αἰγινητῶν ἐπικράτησιν (Thuc. 1, 41).
Secure the independence of the rest: P. τῶν ἄλλων μετελθεῖν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν (Thuc. 1, 124).
Trusting to the hoplites on deck to secure them the victory: P. πιστεύοντες τοῖς ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος ὁπλίταις εἰς τὴν νίκην (Thuc. 1, 49).
Having secured the opening of the gates long before: P. ἐκ πολλοῦ τεθεραπευκότες τὴν ἄνοιξιν τῶν πυλῶν (Thuc. 4, 67).
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adj.
P. and V. βέβαιος, ἀσφαλής.
Free from risk: P. ἀκίνδυνος.
Safe: P. and V. σῶς.
Trustworthy: P. and V. πιστός, ἀσφαλής, βέβαιος, ἐχέγγυος (Thuc. but rare P.), φερέγγυος (Thuc. but rare P.).
Free from fear: V. ἕκηλος.
Strong (of places): P. and V. ὀχυρός, P. ἐχυρός, καρτερός; see {{U}}Strong.
Firm: V. ἐμπεδος; see {{U}}Firm.

Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.

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