βαιός
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Quotation
Βεβαιῶ παρὰ τὸ βέβαιος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ βαιὸν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ μικρὸν, καὶ τὸ ἀληθὲς, τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βίβημι, βήσω, ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ἔβην, ἡ μετοχὴ βὰς, βάντος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ βαιὸς, καὶ κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμὸν βέβαιος.
Translation (En)
Bebaiô "to make firm": from bebaios "firm"; the latter comes from baion, which means "little", and true. The latter comes from bibēmi "to walk", <future> bēsō, second aorist ebēn, the participle is bas, bantos, and from it comes baios and through reduplication bebaios
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 265 (Βεβαιῶ <Ps. 40, 13>· παρὰ τὸ βέβαιος· τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βαιόν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ὀλίγον [βεβαίως τὸ ἀληθές]· τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βίβημι, ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ἔβην, ἡ μετοχὴ βάς βάντος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ βαός καὶ βαιός, καὶ κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμὸν βέβαιος, ὁ ἀληθὴς καὶ μὴ ψευδής); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 193 (Βεβαιῶ: Παρὰ τὸ βέβαιον· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ βαιὸν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ μικρὸν καὶ ἀληθές· τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βίβημι, βήσω· ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος, ἔβην· ἡ μετοχὴ, βὰς βάντος· καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ βαὸς, καὶ βαιός· καὶ κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμὸν, βέβαιος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ βιβῶ, βίβαιος, ὡς τιμῶ Τίμαιος· καὶ τροπῇ Αἰολικῇ τοῦ ι εἰς ε, (ὡς ἀγχίμαχος, ἀγχέμαχος· ἀδίκαστος, ἀδέκαστος,) γίνεται βέβαιος, ὁ ἀσφαλὴς καὶ ἑδραῖος καὶ βεβηκώς· πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τῶν ἀστηρίκτων); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 416 (idem)
Comment
Derivational etymology which derives the word from βαιός "little" through reduplication, and derives βαιός itself from ἔβην, aorist of βαίνω (here under the form βίβημι). The etymology is purely based on phonetic similarity: there is no semantic connection between "little" and "firm", but Choeroboscus does not address this point