βεβαιόω

βεβαι-όω,

A confirm, establish, make good,

τοῖς δικασταῖς τὴν δόξαν Pl.Cri.53b

;

δωρεὰν Is.1.18

;

εἴτε δεξιὰς δοῖεν ἐβεβαίουν X.Cyr.8.8.2

, etc.; ἔργῳ βεβαιούμενα, opp. ἀκοῇ λεγόμενα, Th.1.23; β. λόγον make good one's word, Lys.20.32;

β. τὴν πρᾶξιν X.An.7.6.17

; treat as valid,

τὰς αὑτῶν αἰσθήσεις Metrod.1

, cf. Epicur.Sent.24; β. τινί τι secure one the possession of a thing, οὐδ' ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς βεβαιοῦμεν [τὴν ἐλευθερίαν] Th.1.122;

τοῖς θεοῖς βεβαιοῦντες τοὺς νόμους οὒς ἐψηφίσασθε Lys.6.29

, cf. D.21.30;

τὴν ἀρχήν τινι Plu.Sull.22

;

τὸν λόγον Ev.Marc.16.20

:—[voice] Med., establish for oneself, secure,

σφᾶς αὐτούς Th. 1.33

; τὴν ἀρχήν, τὴν φιλίαν τινός, Id.6.10,78; β. τινάς confirm them in one's interest, ib.34;

βασιλείαν Paus.3.11.4

;

τὰ περὶ τῆς βοηθείας Plb.2.51.5

.

2 [voice] Med., secure one's ground in argument, Pl.Tht. 169e; confirm oneself in an opinion, Id.Grg.489a, Prt.348d.

3 guarantee the validity of a purchase, warrant the purchaser's title,

β. τινὶ τὸ βαλανεῖον Is.5.23

, cf. Din.1.42, D.37.12, SIG46.4 (Halic., v B. C.);

τὴν μίσθωσιν BGU1119.47

(i B. C.): generally,

β. τοὺς κανόνας Arr.Epict.2.11.24

.

II intr., determine, show itself positively, τοῖσιν ἐνδοιαστῶς ἔχουσι . . ἐβεβαίωσε [ἡ νοῦσος] Hp.Epid.1.2.