βέβαιος

Related to βῆναι (bênai) and thus βαίνω (baínō, “step”), though the exact morphology is uncertain.^[1] One theory derives the word from βεβᾰ- (beba-), short-vowel grade of the stem of βέβηκα (bébēka, “stand”), the perfect of βαίνω (baínō, “step”), + -ιος (-ios).

βέβαιος • (bébaios) m or f (neuter βέβαιον); second declension

1. firm, steady
2. steadfast, durable
3. sure, certain

• βεβαιόω (bebaióō)

• “βέβαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From the Ancient Greek βέβαιος (bébaios).

• IPA^(key): /ˈveveos/
• Hyphenation: βέ‧βαι‧ος

βέβαιος • (vévaios) m (feminine βέβαιη or βεβαία, neuter βέβαιο)

1. sure, certain

• αβέβαιος (avévaios, “uncertain”)

• βέβαια (vévaia, “of course, certainly”)
• βεβαίως (vevaíos, “of course, certainly”)
• βεβαιωτικός (vevaiotikós, “affirmative, positive”)
• βεβαίωση f (vevaíosi, “confirmation, assurance, certificate”)
• βεβαιώνω (vevaióno, “to assure or confirm”)
• βεβαιώνομαι (vevaiónomai, “to make sure, to assure yourself”)
• βεβαιότητα f (vevaiótita, “certainty”)