βέβαιος, ον
(so always in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] Refs 5th c.BC+], also α, ον (see. below): (βαίνω):— firm, steady, κρύσταλλος [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; ὄχημα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85d (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆ β. terra firma, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.21.5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; steadfast, durable, ὁμιλία.. πιστὴ καὶ βέβαιος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 71; ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι.. αἱ κτήσεις μόνης [prev. author] “fragment” 194; ψῆφος βεβαία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1263; τὴν χάριν βέβαιον ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32; οὐδέπω βέβαιος ἦν ἡ σωτηρία 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.53; εἰρήνην βεβαίαν ἀγαγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.173; φιλία βέβαιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c; βεβαίου τε καὶ καθαρᾶς ἡδονῆς γεύεσθαι [prev. author] “R.” 586a; δόξαι καὶ πίστεις βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς [prev. author] “Ti.” 37b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b sure, certain, τέκμαρ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 456; ἄκεα [prev. author] “Eu.” 506 (Lyric poetry); τοξεύματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1086 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πύλας β. παρέχειν make safe, secure, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος a surer game, [[ [prev. author] 3.39 ] Refs]: superlative -ότατος[[ [prev. author] 1.124 ] Refs]; βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι.. [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.35; τὰ παρ᾽ ἀνθρώπων αὐτῷ β. ἦν [prev. passage]; but β. παρέχειν τὰν ὠνάν] Refs 1st c.BC+] confirm, guarantee, [[ “GDI” 1867, +others (Delph.); μένειν κυρίαν καὶ β... συγχώρησιν “BGU” 1058.47 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]