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ἀστεμφής

ἀστεμφής, unmoved, unshaken

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ἀστεμφεῖ masculine nominative dual, masculine vocative dual, masculine accusative dual, feminine nominative dual, feminine vocative dual, feminine accusative dual, neuter nominative dual, neuter vocative dual, neuter accusative dual, masculine dative singular, feminine dative singular, neuter dative singular of ἀστεμφής

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ἀστεμφής, ές,
  • unmoved, unshaken, βουλή Il. 2.344; βίη A.R. 4.1375; ἀστεμφὲς ἔχεσκε [τὸ σκῆπτρον] he held it stiff, Il. 3.219; οὐδός Hes. Th. 812; ἀ. οἵη νέκυς Opp. H. 2.70. Adv., ὑμεῖς ἀστεμφέως ἐχέμεν you hold fast! Od. 4.419, cf. 459; ἀστεμφῶς τὸν βίον διενήξατο Marin. Procl. 15: neut. ἀστεμφές as Adv., stiffly, starkly, Mosch. 4.113; νεφέλαι . . ἀ. μελανεῦσαι dark without relief, Arat. 878.
      • 2 of persons, stiff, ποιηταὶ σκληροὶ καὶ ἀ. Ar. Fr. 579; ἀ. τελαμών unflinching, Theoc. 13.37; as pr. n. of a Titan, Emp. 123.
      • 3 metaph., of a trap, relentless, AP 6.296 (Leon.); ζυγός, δεσμός, Opp. H. 1.417, 2.84; νύξ AP 9.424 (Duris).—Poet. word, also in late Prose, Agath. 1.21. (Cf. στέμβω, στέμφυλον, Skt. stabhnaá̄ti ‘supports’, ‘holds fast’.)

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