ἔμπεδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ον, ([[πέδον]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in the ground]], [[firm-set]], [[τεῖχος]] Il.12.12; [[λέχος]] Od.23.203.<br><span class="bld">2</span> mostly of qualities, etc., [[steadfast]], [[μένος]], [[ἴς]], Il.5.254, Od.11.393; [[φρένες]], [[ἦτορ]], [[νόος]], Il.6.352, 10.94, 11.813; <b class="b3">χρὼς ἔ</b>. 19.33; of a person, . οὐδ' [[ἀεσίφρων]] (of [[Priam]]) 20.183; <b class="b3">λίσσεται ἔμπεδον εἶναι [τὴν πομπήν</b>] [[pray]]s 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., ἔμπεδος [[σίνος]] a [[cleaving]] or [[clinging]] [[mischief]], ''Ag.''561; ἔμπεδα φρονήματα S.''Ant.''169; <b class="b3">συντρόφοις ὀργαῖς ἔμπεδος</b> [[continuing steadfast in]]... Id.''Aj.''640 (lyr.); ἔμπεδα [[φωνεῖν]] Nic.''Th.''4: Comp. ἐμπεδώτερος, [[νόος]] Luc.''Salt.'' 85.<br><span class="bld">3</span> 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 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); [[πόνος]] S.''OC''1674 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> neut. [[ἔμπεδον]] as adverb (freq. in Hom.), <b class="b3">στήλη μένει ἔμπεδος</b> [[stand]]s [[fast]], Il.17.434; <b class="b3">Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον</b> [[firmly]], 5.527; <b class="b3">θέειν ἔμπεδος</b> [[run on and on]], [[run without resting]], 13.141; ἔμπεδος βρύουσα B.12.178; strengthened, ἔ. αἰέν Il.16.107; ἔ. ἀσφαλὲς αἰεί 15.683; <b class="b3">μάλ' ἀσφαλέως θέεν ἔ</b>. Od.13.86: pl., <b class="b3">τίκτῃ δ' ἔμπεδα μῆλα</b> the [[flock]]s [[bring forth]] [[without fail]], 19.113; δρύες ἔμπεδα ῥίζαις ἑστᾶσιν [[firmly]], AP9.291 (Crin.): in Trag., <b class="b3">ἴσθι τόδ' ἔμπεδον</b> of a [[surety]], S. ''Ph.''1197 (anap.); more freq. regul. Adv. [[ἐμπέδως]] [[continually]], Semon. 7.20 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἐμπέδως]], cf. [[ἐμπεδής]]): so in Trag., [[constantly]], [[firmly]], A.''Ag.''854,975, ''Eu.''335 (lyr.), S.''Tr.''487; also in later Prose, ἔ. [[οἶδα]] of a [[surety]], Pl.''Ax.''372a; <b class="b3">ἔτη τριάκοντα μείναντες ἐ</b>. Plb.2.19.1, Porph. ''Abst.''2.41.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[χθόνιος]], Hippon.113A.<br /><br />(B), ον, ([[πέδη]]) [[fettered]], Luc.''Lex.''10.