βεβαίως
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
βέβαιος (bébaios, “constant”) + -ως (-ōs, adverbial suffix)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /be.bǎi̯.ɔːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /beˈbɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βeˈβɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /veˈve.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /veˈve.os/
Adverb[edit]
βεβαίως • (bebaíōs)
- constantly, without interruption
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.2.1:
- Φαίνεται γὰρ ἡ νῦν Ἑλλὰς καλουμένη οὐ πάλαι βεβαίως οἰκουμένη.
- Phaínetai gàr hē nûn Hellàs kalouménē ou pálai bebaíōs oikouménē.
- For apparently what is now called Hellas was not constantly inhabited in times past.
- Φαίνεται γὰρ ἡ νῦν Ἑλλὰς καλουμένη οὐ πάλαι βεβαίως οἰκουμένη.
References[edit]
- “βέβαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
βεβαίως • (vevaíos)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- see: βέβαιος (vévaios, “certain, sure”)
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