ἐπίμονος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A staying on, lasting long, Plb.6.43.2; ἐ. ποιεῖν τὸν στρατηγόν continue him in his command, ib.15.6; ἐπιμόνους ποιεῖν ἐράνους delay their payment, Id.38.11.10; ὁ ὦνος ἐ. ἔστω Hermes 17.5 (Delos); κράτησις ἐπίμονος σπέρματος Sor.1.43; ἐ. τινι or ἔν τινι persevering in it, Plb.29.26.2, Plu.Flam.1; ἐπί τινος Stoic.3.32. Adv. -νως constantly, permanently, Pl.Ax.372a, Ph.1.179; persistently, cj. in Gal.19.220: Comp. -ώτερον more permanently, Gp.2.5.7.

German (Pape)

[Seite 964] dabei bleibend, verharrend, ausdauernd, στρατηγός, der nicht abgelöst wird, Pol. 6, 15, 6 u. a. Sp.; vgl. Ath. XV, 670 c; ἐν τῷ κολάζειν Plut. Flam. 1; geduldig, βίος Artemid.; – ἐπίμονόν τι ποιεῖν, Etwas einstellen, Pol. 38, 3, 10. – Adv. ἐπιμόνως, Plat. Ax. 372 a.