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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

  • ὑμᾶσ δ’ ἐγὼ πομποῖσιν ἐκ πάντων δίχα ἔστειλ’ ἱκέσθαι τοῦτο μὲν τὰ Λαί̈ου σέβοντασ εἰδὼσ εὖ θρόνων ἀεὶ κράτη, τοῦτ’ αὖθισ, ἡνίκ’ Οἰδίπουσ ὤρθου πόλιν, κἀπεὶ διώλετ’, ἀμφὶ τοὺσ κείνων ἔτι παῖδασ μένοντασ ἐμπέδοισ φρονήμασιν. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode2)

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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