Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • "ὁ τέωσ σαυλούμενοσ,^ ἤδη ἔμπεδόσ ἐστιν· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 10:4)
  • ὁρ́κοσ καὶ οὐ παράδοξον εἰ κατὰ τῆσ κράμβησ τινὲσ ὤμνυον, ὁπότε καὶ Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεὺσ ὁ τῆσ στοᾶσ κτίστωρ μιμούμενοσ τὸν κατὰ τῆσ κυνὸσ ὁρ́κον Σωκράτουσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὤμνυε τὴν κάππαριν, ὡσ Ἔμπεδόσ φησιν ἐν Ἀπομνημονεύμασιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 9 4:1)
  • κρείσσων παρ’ Αἵδᾳ κεύθων ὁ νοσῶν μάταν, ὃσ ἐκ πατρῴασ ἥκων γενεᾶσ ἄριστοσ πολυπόνων Ἀχαιῶν, οὐκέτι συντρόφοισ ὀργαῖσ ἔμπεδοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐκτὸσ ὁμιλεῖ. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • δίκη δέ τοι ἔμπεδοσ ἔστω καὶ θέμισ, ἣν ἄμφω συναρέσσαμεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 7:13)
  • ὧδε γὰρ τὸ μὲν ξηρὸν ἀμβλύνεται , καὶ καθαρεύεται δὲ τῆσ ὀμίχλησ ἡ αἴσθησισ· ἡ δὲ γνώμη εὐσταθὴσ ἠδὲ ἔμπεδοσ μίμνει. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 91)

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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