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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

  • ἡγεμὼν δὲ τούτων ἀνὴρ ἦν ἐπιφανὴσ Γάιοσ Κλαύδιοσ, ὁ τοῦ κορυφαιοτάτου τῆσ δεκαδαρχίασ Ἀππίου θεῖοσ, ἐμπεδῶν τὰσ ὑποσχέσεισ, ἃσ ἐπὶ τῆσ βουλῆσ ἐποιήσατο πρὸσ τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν, ὅτ’ αὐτὸν ἀποθέσθαι τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀξιῶν οὐκ ἔπεισεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 22 6:1)
  • οὗτοσ ὁ τὴν γαμετὴν γυναῖκα, σώφρονα καὶ τέκνων κοινωνὸν γεγονυῖαν, ἐν ταῖσ αὐταῖσ ἡμέραισ καὶ διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν φαρμάκων ἀποκτείνασ οὐδ’ ἀφοσιώσασθαι τῶν φαρμακειῶν ἀμφοτέρων τὰσ διαβολάσ, ὡσ οὐχ ὑφ’ ἑαυτοῦ γενομένων, ἠξίωσεν ἐλεεινῷ χρησάμενοσ σχήματι καὶ μικρᾷ προσποιήσει πένθουσ, ἀλλ’ εὐθὺσ ἅμα τῷ αὐτὰ διαπράξασθαι τὰ θαυμαστὰ ἔργα, πρὶν ἢ μαρανθῆναι τὰσ ὑποδεξαμένασ τὰ δύστηνα σώματα πυράσ, φίλουσ εἱστία καὶ γάμουσ ἐπετέλει καὶ τὴν ἀνδροφόνον νύμφην ἐπὶ τὸν τῆσ ἀδελφῆσ θάλαμον ἤγετο τὰσ ἀπορρήτουσ ἐμπεδῶν πρὸσ αὐτὴν ὁμολογίασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 4, chapter 79 2:1)

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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