βέβαιος
bebaios
firm, steady
Appears 56 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βέβαιος, ον (so always in , ), also α, ον (v. infr.): (βαίνω):— A. firm, steady, κρύσταλλος 3.23; ὄχημα Phd. 85d (Comp.); γῆ β. terra firma, An. 2.21.5; steadfast, durable, ὁμιλία . . πιστὴ καὶ βέβαιος Ph. 71; ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι . . αἱ κτήσεις μόνης Fr. 194; ψῆφος βεβαία El. 1263; τὴν χάριν βέβαιον ἔχειν 1.32; οὐδέπω βέβαιος ἦν ἡ σωτηρία 1.53; εἰρήνην βεβαίαν ἀγαγεῖν 4.173; φιλία βέβαιος Smp. 182c; βεβαίου τε καὶ καθαρᾶς ἡδονῆς γεύεσθαι R. 586a; δόξαι καὶ πίστεις βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς Ti. 37b, etc. b. sure, certain, τέκμαρ Pr. 456; ἄκεα Eu. 506 (lyr.); τοξεύματα Ant. 1086; πύλας β. παρέχειν make safe, secure, 4.67; βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος a surer game, 3.39: Sup. -ότατος 1.124; βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι . . 3.35; τὰ παρʼ ἀνθρώπων αὐτῷ β. ἦν ibid.; but β. παρέχειν τὰν ὠνάν confirm, guarantee, GDI 1867, al. (Delph.); μένειν κυρίαν καὶ β. . . συγχώρησιν BGU 1058.47 (i B. C.). 2. of persons, etc., steadfast, constant, φίλος Pr. 299 (Comp.), cf. 5.43, etc.: c. inf., βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν more certain to make no change, 3.11. 3. τό β. certainty, 7.50, cf. Phlb. 59c, etc.; but τὸ β. τῆς διανοίας firmness, resolution, 2.89. b. security, guarantee, τὸ δημόσιον β. IG 12.189. II. Adv. -ως Ag. 15; β. κλῃστόν 2.17; β. οἰκεῖσθαι 1.2; ἔχειν, γνῶναι, δημοκρατεῖσθαι, 8.41, 39, 10.4: Comp. -ότερον, οἰκεῖν 1.8; -οτέρως 8.60, Abst. 1.11: Sup. -ότατα 6.91.
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