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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

  • ὥστε οὐδὲν δεήσομαι τὸ τῆσ Κίρκησ ἐκεῖνο πρὸσ σὲ εἰπεῖν, τὸ θαῦμὰ μ’ ἔχει ὡσ οὔτι πιὼν τάδε φάρμακ’ ἐθέλχθησ, θελχθήσῃ γάρ, καὶ μὰ Δί’ οὐκ ὄνου κεφαλὴν ἢ συὸσ καρδίαν ἕξεισ, ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν νόοσ σοι ἐμπεδώτεροσ ἔσται, σὺ δὲ ὑφ’ ἡδονῆσ οὐδὲ ὀλίγον τοῦ κυκεῶνοσ ἄλλῳ μεταδώσεισ πιεῖν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 85:3)

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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