ἀβέβαιος

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   A unreliable, of remedies, Hp.Aph.2.27; ἀβεβαιότατον ὧν κεκτήμεθα (sc. πλοῦτος) Alex.281, cf. Men.128; ὀφθαλμὸς ἀ. unsteady, Arist.HA492a12: metaph., τύχη Democr.176, cf. Plb. 15.34.2; αἰτία Epicur.Ep.3,p.65U.; φιλία Arist.EE1236b19; τὸ ἀ. = ἀβεβαιότης, Hierocl. in CA2p.422M., Heraclit.Ep.7; ἐξ ἀβεβαίου from an insecure position, Arr.An.1.15.2.    2 of persons, unstable, fickle, D.58.63, Arist.EN1172a9. Adv. -ως Men.Georg.Fr.2.