νημερτής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, Dor. νᾱμερτής (the only form used by Trag., <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>246</span>), (νη-, ἁμαρτάνω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">unerring, infallible</b>, <b class="b3">γέρων ἅλιος ν</b>., of Proteus, <span class="bibl">Od.4.349</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ν. τε καὶ ἤπιος</b>, of Nereus, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>235</span>; <b class="b3">εἰπεῖν ν. βουλήν</b> a <b class="b2">sure</b> decree, i.e. one <b class="b2">that will infallibly be put in force</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.86</span>,<span class="bibl">5.30</span>; <b class="b3">νημερτέα εἰπεῖν</b> or <b class="b3">μυθήσασθαι</b> to speak <b class="b2">sure truths</b>, <span class="bibl">3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.6.376</span>; ἦ μάλα τοῦτο ἔπος ν. ἔειπες <span class="bibl">3.204</span>; <b class="b3">πάντα ναμερτῆ λόγον</b> A.l.c. (troch.); <b class="b3">μῦθος, βάξις</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.810</span>, <span class="bibl">1184</span>: Sup. -έστατος Lyc.223: more freq. as Adv., νημερτὲς ἐνίσπες <span class="bibl">Od.22.166</span>; τῶν γε νόον ν. ἀνέγνω <span class="bibl">21.205</span>; νημερτὲς ὑπόσχεο <span class="bibl">Il.1.514</span>: Ion. Adv. <b class="b3">νημερτέως</b> as trisyll., <span class="bibl">Od.5.98</span>.</span>