ἀστεμφής

English (LSJ)

ές,

   A unmoved, unshaken, βουλή Il.2.344; βίη A.R.4.1375; ἀστεμφὲς ἔχεσκε [τὸ σκῆπτρον] he held it stiff, Il.3.219; οὐδός Hes.Th.812; ἀ. οἵη νέκυς Opp.H.2.70. Adv., ὑμεῖς ἀστεμφέως ἐχέμεν you hold fast! Od.4.419, cf. 459; ἀστεμφῶς τὸν βίον διενήξατο Marin. Procl.15: neut. ἀστεμφές as Adv., stiffly, starkly, Mosch.4.113; νεφέλαι . . ἀ. μελανεῦσαι dark without relief, Arat.878.    2 of persons, stiff, ποιηταὶ σκληροὶ καὶ ἀ. Ar.Fr.579; ἀ. τελαμών unflinching, Theoc.13.37; as pr. n. of a Titan, Emp.123.    3 metaph., of a trap, relentless, AP6.296 (Leon.); ζυγός, δεσμός, Opp.H.1.417, 2.84; νύξ AP9.424 (Duris).—Poet. word, also in late Prose, Agath.1.21. (Cf. στέμβω, στέμφυλον, Skt. stabhnaā´ti `supports', `holds fast'.)