The corpus record

βεβαιότης

bebaiotes · ἡ

steadfastness, stability

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Where it lives

Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
History 3 · 0.2/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

1. βεβαιότης · bebaiotēs — LSJ

steadfastness, stability

steadfastness, stability, τῆς οὐσίας Pl. Cra. 386a; μετὰ ἡσυχίας καὶ βεβαιότητος ζῆν Id. R. 503c, cf. Lg. 735a, 790b, Arist. EN 1100b12.

2 assurance, certainty, security, safety

assurance, certainty, Pl. Phdr. 277d; security, safety, βεβαιότητος ἕνεκα Th. 4.66; β. καὶ ἀσφάλεια Plu. Fab. 19.

2. βεβαι-ωτής · bebai-ōtēs — LSJ

one who gives assurance of, authority, confirmatory

one who gives assurance of a thing, authority, ἀμφισβητουμένων Plb. 4.40.3 (pl.); ἱστορίας D.H. 1.28, cf. 3.67, al.; confirmatory, λόγοι Phld. Sign. 29.

2 surety, warrantor

legal surety, τοῦ μόνιμον τὴν ὁμόνοιαν γενέσθαι Plb. 2.40.2; β. τῆς πίστεως παρέχεσθαι Plu. Flam. 4; warrantor in sales, SIG 2832 (Amphipolis), etc.

In the wild

βεβαιότης · bebaiotēs Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1100b (DIORISIS sentence 278)
βεβαιότητα · bebaiotēta Plato, Cratylus 386 (DIORISIS sentence 67)
βεβαιότητα · bebaiotēta Plato, Laws 735
βεβαιότητα · bebaiotēta Plato, Laws 790
βεβαιότητα · bebaiotēta Plato, Phaedrus 277 (DIORISIS sentence 963)
βεβαιότητα · bebaiotēta Plato, Philebus 59

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