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βέβαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βέβαιος βέβαιη βέβαιον

Structure: βεβαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bai/nw

Sense

  1. firm, steady, steadfast, sure, certain, surer
  2. steadfast, steady sure, constant, more certain
  3. certainty, firmness, resolution

Examples

  • ἐκεῖνο δὲ ὃ εἴρηκασ ἐν ἀρχῇ, ἴσωσ παραδέξασθαι ἄξιον, ὡσ οὐδὲν ᾔδεισθα τῶν λεγομένων, ἀλλά τισ ἔμπνοια δαιμόνιοσ ἐνεποίει σοι τὰ μέτρα, οὐ πάνυ οὐδὲ ἐκείνη βέβαιοσ οὖσα· (Lucian, 15:2)
  • "ἀλλὰ πάντα εἰρήνησ μεστὰ καὶ πάντεσ οἱ νόμοι καὶ ἐλευθερία σαφὴσ καὶ δημοκρατία βέβαιοσ καὶ γάμοι ἀνύβριστοι καὶ παῖδεσ ἀδεεῖσ καὶ παρθένοι ἀσφαλεῖσ καὶ ἑορτάζουσα τὴν κοινὴν εὐτυχίαν ἡ πόλισ. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 10:13)
  • ἡ γὰρ φύσισ βέβαιοσ, οὐ τὰ χρήματα. (Euripides, episode 3:3)
  • νοῦσ δέ γ’ οὐ βέβαιοσ ἄδικον κτῆμα κοὐ σαφὲσ φίλοισ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, trochees25)
  • ὁ δ’ ὄλβοσ οὐ βέβαιοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐφήμεροσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 11:10)
  • ὁ δ’ ὄλβοσ ὁ μέγασ ἥ τε δόξ’ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅτῳ βέβαιόσ ἐστι. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 2:9)

Synonyms

  1. firm

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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