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βεβαίως (bebaiōs) firmly ^G:ADV

Included with: βεβαίως, ον

(so always in [Refs 5th c.BC+], also α, ον (see. below): (βαίνω):— firm, steady, κρύσταλλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆ β. terra firma, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; steadfast, durable, ὁμιλία.. πιστὴ καὶ βεβαίως [βεβαίως ἦν ἡ σωτηρία 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.53; εἰρήνην βεβαίαν ἀγαγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.173; φιλία βεβαίως 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 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πύλας β. παρέχειν make safe, secure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος a surer game, [Refs]: superlative -ότατος[Refs]; βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.BC+] confirm, guarantee, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 of persons, etc., steadfast, constant, φίλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν more certain to make no change, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 τό β. certainty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τὸ β. τῆς διανοίας firmness, resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b security, guarantee, τὸ δημόσιον β. [Refs]
__II adverb -ως[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν, γνῶναι, δημοκρατεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον, οἰκεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -οτέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+]