ἔμπεδος

English (LSJ)

(A), ον, (πέδον)

   A in the ground, firm-set, τεῖχος Il.12.12; λέχος Od.23.203.    2 mostly of qualities, etc., steadfast, μένος, ἴς, Il.5.254, Od.11.393; φρένες, ἦτορ, νόος, Il.6.352, 10.94, 11.813; χρὼς ἔ. 19.33; of a person, ἔ. οὐδ' ἀεσίφρων (of Priam) 20.183; λίσσεται ἔμπεδον εἶναι [τὴν πομπήν] prays that it may be sure and certain, Od.8.30, cf. Pi.N.7.57; δίκη δέ τοι ἔ. ἔστω καὶ θέμις A.R.4.372, etc.; once in A., ἔ. σίνος a cleaving or clinging mischief, Ag.561; ἔ. φρονήματα S.Ant.169; συντρόφοις ὀργαῖς ἔ. continuing steadfast in... Id.Aj.640 (lyr.); ἔμπεδα φωνεῖν Nic.Th.4: Comp. -ώτερος, νόος Luc.Salt. 85.    3 of Time, lasting, continual, φυλακή Il.8.521; κομιδή Od.8.453; αἰών Emp.17.11; δουλοσύνα Pi.P.12.14; χρῆμα Simon.85.1 (s.v.l.); πόνος S.OC1674 (lyr.).    II neut. ἔμπεδον as Adv. (freq. in Hom.), στήλη μένει ἔ. stands fast, Il.17.434; Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔ. firmly, 5.527; θέειν ἔ. run on and on, run without resting, 13.141; ἔ. βρύουσα B.12.178; strengthd., ἔ. αἰέν Il.16.107; ἔ. ἀσφαλὲς αἰεί 15.683; μάλ' ἀσφαλέως θέεν ἔ. Od.13.86: pl., τίκτῃ δ' ἔμπεδα μῆλα the flocks bring forth without fail, 19.113; δρύες ἔμπεδα ῥίζαις ἑστᾶσιν firmly, AP9.291 (Crin.): in Trag., ἴσθι τόδ' ἔμπεδον of a surety, S. Ph.1197 (anap.); more freq. regul. Adv. ἐμπέδως continually, Semon. 7.20 (nisi leg. -πεδῶς, cf. ἐμπεδής): so in Trag., constantly, firmly, A.Ag.854,975, Eu.335 (lyr.), S.Tr.487; also in later Prose, ἐ. οἶδα of a surety, Pl.Ax.372a; ἔτη τριάκοντα μείναντες ἐ. Plb.2.19.1, Porph. Abst.2.41.    III = χθόνιος, Hippon.113A.
ἔμπεδος (B), ον, (πέδη)

   A fettered, Luc.Lex.10.