βέβαιος
βέβαιος,
ον (so always in
Th.,
Pl.), also
α,
ον (v. infr.):(
βαίνω):—
b). sure, certain,
τέκμαρ A. Pr. 456 ;
ἄκεα Id. Eu. 506 (lyr.);
τοξεύματα S. Ant. 1086 ;
πύλας β. παρέχειν make
safe, secure,
Th. 4.67 ;
βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος a
surer game,
Id. 3.39 : Sup.
-ότατος Id. 1.124 ;
βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι ..
D.H. 3.35 ;
τὰ παρ’ 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 A. Pr. 299 ( Comp.), cf.
Th. 5.43 , etc.: c. inf.,
βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν more certain to make no change,
Th. 3.11 .
b). security, guarantee, τὸ δημόσιον β. IG 12.189 .
ShortDef
firm, steady, steadfast, sure, certain
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
βέβαιος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βεβαιος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-19720
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">βέβαιος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> (so always in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span></span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span></span>), also <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> (v. infr.):(<span class="etym greek">βαίνω</span>):— <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">firm, steady</span>, <span class="quote greek">κρύσταλλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.23 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄχημα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:85d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:85d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 85d </a> ( Comp.); <span class="foreign greek">γῆ β.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">terra firma</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg001:2:21:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg001:2:21:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 2.21.5 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">steadfast, durable</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὁμιλία .. πιστὴ καὶ βέβαιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 71 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι .. αἱ κτήσεις μόνης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 194 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψῆφος βεβαία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1263" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1263/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1263 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν χάριν βέβαιον ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.32 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδέπω βέβαιος ἦν ἡ σωτηρία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.53 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰρήνην βεβαίαν ἀγαγεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.173 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φιλία βέβαιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:182c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:182c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 182c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βεβαίου τε καὶ καθαρᾶς ἡδονῆς γεύεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:586a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:586a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 586a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δόξαι καὶ πίστεις βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:37b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:37b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 37b </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sure, certain</span>, <span class="quote greek">τέκμαρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:456" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:456/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 456 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄκεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:506" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:506/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 506 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τοξεύματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1086" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1086/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1086 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πύλας β. παρέχειν</span> make <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">safe, secure</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.67 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surer</span> game, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.39 </a>: Sup. <span class="quote greek">-ότατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.124 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:3:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:3.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 3.35 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ παρ’ ἀνθρώπων αὐτῷ β. ἦν</span> ibid.; but <span class="foreign greek">β. παρέχειν τὰν ὠνάν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">confirm, guarantee</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 1867 </span>, al. (Delph.); <span class="quote greek">μένειν κυρίαν καὶ β.. . συγχώρησιν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 1058.47 </span> (i B. C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of persons, etc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">steadfast, constant</span>, <span class="quote greek">φίλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:299" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:299/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 299 </a> ( Comp.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.43 </a>, etc.: c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more certain</span> to make no change, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τό β.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">certainty</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.50 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:59c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:59c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 59c </a>, etc.; but <span class="foreign greek">τὸ β. τῆς διανοίας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">firmness, resolution</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.89 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">security, guarantee</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ δημόσιον β.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.189 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="quote greek">-ως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 15 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">β. κλῃστόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.17 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">β. οἰκεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.2 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἔχειν, γνῶναι, δημοκρατεῖσθαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg008.perseus-grc1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg008.perseus-grc1:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 8.41 </a>, <span class="bibl"> 39 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg010.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg010.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> 10.4 </a>: Comp. <span class="quote greek">-ότερον, οἰκεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">-οτέρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg017.perseus-grc1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg017.perseus-grc1:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 8.60 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:1.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Abst.</span> 1.11 </a>: Sup. <span class="quote greek">-ότατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.91 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}