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ἔμπεδος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπεδος ἔμπεδον

Structure: ἐμπεδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, pe/don

Sense

  1. in the ground, firm-set, steadfast, sure and certain
  2. lasting, continual
  3. fast, on and on, without resting, without fail, of a surety

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓μπεδος έ̓μπεδον
Genitive ἐμπέδου ἐμπέδου
Dative ἐμπέδῳ ἐμπέδῳ
Accusative έ̓μπεδον έ̓μπεδον
Vocative έ̓μπεδε έ̓μπεδον
DualN/A/V ἐμπέδω ἐμπέδω
G/D ἐμπέδοιν ἐμπέδοιν
PluralNominative έ̓μπεδοι έ̓μπεδα
Genitive ἐμπέδων ἐμπέδων
Dative ἐμπέδοις ἐμπέδοις
Accusative ἐμπέδους έ̓μπεδα
Vocative έ̓μπεδοι έ̓μπεδα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓μπεδος ἐμπέδου ἐμπεδώτερος ἐμπεδωτέρου ἐμπεδώτατος ἐμπεδωτάτου
Adverb ἐμπέδως ἐμπεδώτερον ἐμπεδώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τάδ’ ὀρθῶσ ἔμπεδα κατουρίζει. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral, strophe 12)
  • ἱέτο δ’ ἥγε νῆα καταφλέξαι, διά τ’ ἔμπεδα πάντα κεάσσαι, ἐν δὲ πεσεῖν αὐτὴ μαλερῷ πυρί. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 7:29)
  • ὕστατον αὐτοὶ δ’ αὖτε Κυταιίδοσ ἤθεα γαίησ στύξαν, ἀτυζόμενοι χόλον ἄγριον Αἰήταο, ἔμπεδα δ’ ἄλλυδισ ἄλλοι ἐφορμηθέντεσ ἔνασθεν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 9:18)
  • οὕτωσ χαἰ ἱεραὶ Ζηνὸσ δρύεσ ἔμπεδα ῥίζαισ ἑστᾶσιν, φύλλων δ’ αὐᾶ χέουσ1’ ἄνεμοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 291 1:1)
  • ἡ δ’ ἐπένευσεν ἔμπεδα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 243 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. in the ground

  2. lasting

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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