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ἀστεμφής

ἀστεμφής, unmoved, unshaken

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ἀστεμφὲς masculine vocative singular, feminine vocative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative 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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