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) [[unerring]], [[infallible]], <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 [[sure]] decree, i.e. one [[that will infallibly be put in force]], <span class="bibl">Od.1.86</span>,<span class="bibl">5.30</span>; <b class="b3">νημερτέα εἰπεῖν</b> or [[μυθήσασθαι]] to speak [[sure truths]], <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.); [[μῦθος]], [[βάξις]], <span class="bibl">A.R.4.810</span>, <span class="bibl">1184</span>: Sup. -έστατος Lyc.223: more freq. as adverb, 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. [[νημερτέως]] as trisyll., <span class="bibl">Od.5.98</span>.