ἀσαφής

A. indistinct (to the senses), dim, faint, σημεῖα Th. 3.22; σκιαγραφία Pl. Criti. 107d; indistinct (to the mind), uncertain, obscure, πάντ’ . . αἰνικτὰ κἀσαφῆ λέγεις S. OT 439; νὺξ διὰ τὸ σκοτεινὴ εἶναι ἀσαφεστέρα ἐστίν by night one sees less distinctly, X. Mem. 4.3.4; ἀ. πέλαγος AP 12.156; inarticulate, γλῶσσα Hp. Epid. 1.26.ιγ/; of sounds, Arist. Aud. 801b21; φθέγματα Epigr.Gr. 1003.6.

2. of persons, obscure, διδάσκαλος Pl. R. 392d.

II. Adv. ‐φῶς obscurely, Id. Cra. 427d; πολεμοῦνται ἀσαφῶς ποτέρων ἀρξάντων without knowing which began, Th. 4.20.