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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

Examples

  • Λοξίου γὰρ ἔμπεδοι χρησμοί, βροτῶν δὲ μαντικὴν χαίρειν ἐῶ. (Euripides, episode 6:6)
  • τούνεκα νῦν οὐδ’ εἴ κε διὲξ Αἴδαο βερέθρων στελλοίμην, ἔτι τάρβοσ ἀνάψομαι, εὖτε πέλεσθε ἔμπεδοι ἀργαλέοισ ἐνὶ δείμασιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 10:20)
  • ἀλλ’ ἄλλην χρὴ πρῶτον ὁδὸν τελέσαι καὶ ἱκέσθαι εἰσ Αἴδαο δόμουσ καὶ ἐπαινῆσ Περσεφονείησ, ψυχῇ χρησομένουσ Θηβαίου Τειρεσίαο, μάντηοσ ἀλαοῦ, τοῦ τε φρένεσ ἔμπεδοί εἰσι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 62:3)
  • "Τηλέμαχ’, οὐκέτι τοι φρένεσ ἔμπεδοι οὐδὲ νόημα· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 37:1)
  • τούτῳ δ’ οὔτ’ ἂρ νῦν φρένεσ ἔμπεδοι οὔτ’ ἄρ’ ὀπίσσω ἔσσονται· (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 35:2)

Synonyms

  1. in the ground

  2. lasting

Related

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

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