βεβαίῳ (bebaio)

βεβαίῳ is an Ancient Greek form of βέβαιος, meaning “firm, steady, reliable”. It is the dative singular masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of βεβαιόω, “confirm, make firm, establish”. It is the 1st person singular present active subjunctive.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Solon 24.2: … ὶ τέχνῃ. τοῦτο δὲ ποιῆσαί φασιν αὐτὸν οὐχ οὕτως ἀπελαύνοντα τοὺς ἄλλους ὡς κατακαλούμενον Ἀθήναζε τούτους ἐπὶ βεβαίῳ τῷ μεθέξειν τῆς πολιτείας, καὶ ἅμα πιστοὺς νομίζοντα τοὺς μὲν ἀποβεβληκότας τὴν ἑαυτῶν διὰ τὴν ἀνάγκην, τοὺς …

Xenophon, Anabasis 7.6.17: … ὸν τὰ χρήματα. δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι Σεύθης, εἰ ἔχω τι παρʼ αὐτοῦ, ἀπαιτήσει με, καὶ ἀπαιτήσει μέντοι δικαίως, ἐὰν μὴ βεβαιῶ τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτῷ ἐφʼ ᾗ ἐδωροδόκουν.

All forms of βέβαιος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.