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[[to be relied on]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βέβαιος]], [[πιστός]], [[ἀσφαλής]], [[φερέγγυος]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἔμπεδος]].

[[clear]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σαφής]], [[δῆλος]], [[ἐμφανής]]; see [[clear]].

[[it is practically certain]]: [[prose|P.]] [[σχεδόν τι δῆλον]] ([[Plato]], [[crit]]. 53B).

[[not to be disputed]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀναμφισβήτητος]].

[[hastening to certain death]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὁρμώμενος εἰς προὖπτον Ἅιδην]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Oedipus Coloneus]]'' 1439).

[[accurate]], [[exact]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀκριβής]].

[[not false]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀψευδής]] ([[Plato]]).

[[fixed upon]], [[arranged]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προκείμενος]], [[prose|P.]] [[ῥητός]].

[[a certain]] (Latin, [[quidam]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τις]].

[[be certain]], [[positive]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πεπεῖσθαι]] (perf. pass. [[πείθειν]]), [[πιστεύω]], [[πιστεύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[πιστοῦσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πεποιθέναι]] (2nd perf. act. [[πείθειν]]).

[[be certain to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέλλειν]] (infin.).

[[for certain]]: see [[certainly]].
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