LOGOI

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διαβεβαι-όω

diabebaioo

confirm, maintain strongly, affirm, to be positive

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What it meant

διαβεβαι-όω · diabebai-oō — LSJ

confirm, maintain strongly, affirm, confirm, to be positive

confirm, ὑπόληψιν D.L. 8.70:—usu. Med. διαβεβαι-όομαι, maintain strongly, affirm, confirm, D. 17.30; οἱ πρεσβύτεροι δ. οὐδέν Arist. Rh. 1389b16; δ. γεγονέναι τι D.S. 13.90, cf. Aristeas 99, D.H. 2.39, BGU 19i17 (ii A. D.), POxy. 67.10 (iv A. D.); to be positive, περί τινος Plb. 12.12.6, S.E. P. 1.191:—Pass., Phld. Rh. 1.226S., Sign. 17.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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