νημερτής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=νημερτές, Dor. [[ναμερτής|νᾱμερτής]] (the only form used by Trag., A. ''Pers.''246), ([[νη-]], [[ἁμαρτάνω]]) [[unerring]], [[infallible]], [[γέρων]] [[ἅλιος]] νημερτής = the [[truthful]] [[old man]] of the [[sea]], of [[Proteus]], Od.4.349, etc.; νημερτής τε καὶ [[ἤπιος]] = [[truthful]] and [[kind]], of [[Nereus]], Hes.''Th.''235; [[εἰπεῖν νημερτέα βουλήν]] = [[announce]] an [[infallible]] [[decree]], a [[sure]] [[decree]], i.e. one that will [[infallibly]] be [[put in force]], Od.1.86,5.30; [[νημερτέα εἰπεῖν]] or [[νημερτέα μυθήσασθαι]] to [[speak sure truths]], 3.19, Il.6.376; ἦ μάλα τοῦτο ἔπος ν. ἔειπες 3.204; <b class="b3">πάντα ναμερτῆ λόγον</b> A.l.c. (troch.); [[μῦθος]], [[βάξις]], A.R.4.810, 1184: Sup. νημερτέστατος Lyc.223: more freq. as adverb, νημερτὲς ἐνίσπες Od.22.166; τῶν γε νόον νημερτὲς ἀνέγνω 21.205; νημερτὲς ὑπόσχεο Il.1.514: Ion. Adv. [[νημερτέως]] = [[truthfully]], [[truly]], [[with truth]], [[sincerely]] as trisyll., Od.5.98.