Secure

v. trans.

Render safe: P. βεβαιοῦν.

Secure for oneself: P. βεβαιοῦσθαι.

Strengthen: P. κρατύνειν.

Occupy: P. and V. κατέχειν, Ar. and P. καταλαμβάνειν.

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, λαμβάνειν, φέρεσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, εὑρίσκεσθαι; see {{U}}Obtain.

Secure as helper: P. and V. προσλαμβάνειν. 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.