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κινήσαις ἀδάμαντα καὶ εἴ τί περ ἀσφαλὲς ἄλλο.

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κινήσαις 1 w 8
ἀδάμαντα 1 w 16
καὶ 1 w 19
εἴ 1 w 21
τί 1 w 23
περ 1 w 26
ἀσφαλὲς 1 w 33
ἄλλο 1 w 37

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LSJ

ἀδάμας
I Subst., adamant, i. e. the hardest metal, prob. steel, χλωρός, πολιός, Hes. Sc. 231, Th. 161: metaph., ἀδάμαντος ἔχον κρατερόφρονα θυμόν Op. 147; of anything fixed, unalterable, ἔπος ἐρέω ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141; ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἅλοις fixed them with nails of adamant, i. e. inevitably, Pi. P. 4.71, cf. APl. 16.167 (Antip. Sid.); τὸν ἐν Ἅιδα κινήσαις ἀδάμαντα Theoc. 2.34.
ἀσφαλής
not liable to fall, immovable, steadfast, in Hom. only once as Adj. (cf. infr. III), θεῶν ἕδος ἀ. αἰεί Od. 6.42, cf. Hes. Th. 128, Pi. N. 6.3, Theoc. 2.34, etc.; ἀσφαλῆ θεῶν νόμιμα S. Ant. 454; unshaken, of purpose, ἀ. ὁ νοῦς Id. Fr. 351.