ἔμπεδος

ἔμπεδος (A), ον, (πέδον)

• in the ground, firm-set, τεῖχος Il. 12.12; λέχος Od. 23.203.
• • • 2 mostly of qualities, etc., steadfast, μένος, ἴς, Il. 5.254, Od. 11.393; φρένες, ἦτορ, νόος, Il. 6.352, 10.94, 11.813; χρὼς ἔ. 19.33; of a person, ἔ. οὐδʼ ἀεσίφρων (of Priam) 20.183; λίσσεται ἔμπεδον εἶναι [τὴν πομπήν] prays that it may be sure and certain, Od. 8.30, cf. Pi. N. 7.57; δίκη δέ τοι ἔ. ἔστω καὶ θέμις A.R. 4.372, etc.; once in A., ἔ. σίνος a cleaving or clinging mischief, Ag. 561; ἔ. φρονήματα S. Ant. 169; συντρόφοις ὀργαῖς ἔ. continuing steadfast in . ., Id. Aj. 640 (lyr.); ἔμπεδα φωνεῖν Nic. Th. 4: Comp. -ώτερος, νόος Luc. Salt. 85.
    • 3 of Time, lasting, continual, φυλακή Il. 8.521; κομιδή Od. 8.453; αἰών Emp. 17.11; δουλοσύνα Pi. P. 12.14; χρῆμα Simon. 85.1 (s.v.l.); πόνος S. OC 1674 (lyr.).
  • II neut. ἔμπεδον as Adv. (freq. in Hom.), στήλη μένει ἔ. stands fast, Il. 17.434; Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔ. firmly, 5.527; θέειν ἔ. run on and on, run without resting, 13.141; ἔ. βρύουσα B. 12.178; strengthd., ἔ. αἰέν Il. 16.107; ἔ. ἀσφαλὲς αἰεί 15.683; μάλʼ ἀσφαλέως θέεν ἔ. Od. 13.86: pl., τίκτῃ δʼ ἔμπεδα μῆλα the flocks bring forth without fail, 19.113; δρύες ἔμπεδα ῥίζαις ἑστᾶσιν firmly, AP 9.291 (Crin.): in Trag., ἴσθι τόδʼ ἔμπεδον of a surety, S. Ph. 1197 (anap.); more freq. regul. Adv. ἐμπέδως continually, Semon. 7.20 (nisi leg. -πεδῶς, cf. ἐμπεδής): so in Trag., constantly, firmly, A. Ag. 854, 975, Eu. 335 (lyr.), S. Tr. 487; also in later Prose, ἐ. οἶδα of a surety, Pl. Ax. 372a; ἔτη τριάκοντα μείναντες ἐ. Plb. 2.19.1, Porph. Abst. 2.41.
  • III = χθόνιος, Hippon. 113A.

ἔμπεδος (B), ον, (πέδη)

• fettered, Luc. Lex. 10.

2. ἔμπεδος -ον [ἐν, πέδη] later Gr., geboeid.

ἔμπεδος ¹, fest im Boden, fest auf seinem Platze, feststehend, unumstößlich ; τεῖχος Il. 12.12 ; μένος 5.254 ; ἴς Od. 11.393 ; τέλος Pind. N. 7.57 ; σίνος ἐσθημάτων, fest daran haftend, Aesch. Ag. 547 ; χρησμοί Eur. El. 399 ; ὅρκος I.T. 758 ; übertr., οὐκέτι συντρόφοις ὀργαῖς ἔμπεδος ἀλλʼ ἐκτὸς ὁμιλεῖ, er ist nicht mehr in gewohnter Sinnesart, Soph. Aj. 626 ; μένοντας ἐμπέδοις φρονήμασιν, die treu bleiben, Ant. 169, was an ἔμπ. ἦτορ Il. 10.94, φρένες 6.352, νοῦς 11.813, den unerschütierlichen, stets sich gleichbleibenden Sinn erinnert ; Priamus heißt ἔμπεδος οὐδʼ ἀεσίφρων 20.183. Von der Zeit, beständig, fortdauernd ; φυλακή Il. 8.521 ; κομιδή Od. 8.453 ; δουλοσύνη Pind. P. 12.14 ; πόνον ἔμπεδον εἴχομεν Soph. O.C. 1670. – Das neutr. ἔμπεδον u. ἔμπεδα adverbial, ἔμπεδον μένειν, Stand halten, im Ggstz der Flucht, Il. 5.527 ; ὥς τε στήλη 17.434 ; θέειν ἔμπ., immerfort, ununterbrochen laufen, 13.141 u. öfter ; χαίρειν Pind. P. 10.34 ; a. D.; oft verstärkt, ἔμπεδον αἰεί ; μάλʼ ἀσφαλέως θέει ἔμπ. Od. 13.86 ; ἔμπεδα Nic. Th. 4 ; ἔμπεδα ἐπένευσε Diod. 2 (VI.243). Eigtl.
• adv. ἐμπέδως  ; μένειν, ἔχειν, Aesch. Ag. 828, Eum. 321 ; εἰρηκέναι λόγους Soph. Tr. 487 ; auch in Prosa ; οἶδα, sicher, Plat. Ax. 372a ; μένειν ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς Pol. 2.19.1. S. oben auch ἐμπεδής. – Luc. Lexiph. 10 braucht von πέδη abgeleitet ἔμπεδος für »gefesselt«, in Fesseln.

ἔμπεδος

-ον

[ἐμ-, ἐν- 3 + πεδ-, ποδ-, πούς. Firm on the feet. Cf. ἠπεδανός.]

• • 1

    Standing firmly in place, not overthrown, intact: τεῖχος Il. 12.9, 12.

  • 2

    Maintained in place, steady: ἔμπεδον ἔχων σάκος Il. 16.107. Cf. Il. 16.520.

    In place, not displaced Il. 10.94: Od. 23.203.

  • 3

    Safe, intact Od. 2.227, Od. 11.178, Od. 19.525.

    Not decayed, fresh: χρώς Il. 19.33, 39.

    Unimpaired, retaining vigour: βίη Il. 4.314, Il. 7.157 = Il. 11.670, Il. 23.629. Cf. Il. 5.254, Il. 11.813, Il. 13.512, Il. 23.627: Od. 10.240, 493, Od. 11.393, Od. 14.468, 503, Od. 19.493, Od. 21.426, Od. 22.226.

    Unimpaired in mind Il. 20.183.

    Well-balanced: φρένες Il. 6.352: Od. 18.215.

  • 4

    Maintained with ceaseless vigilance: φυλακή Il. 8.521.

  • 5

    Secured, not liable to confiscation: γέρα Il. 9.335.

  • 6

    Assured, certain, never failing: κομιδή Od. 8.453.

    Assured, to be looked forward to with certainty: πομπήν Od. 8.30.

    In unfailing succession Od. 19.113.

  • 7

    Affording sure testimony, unmistakable: σήματα Od. 19.250 = Od. 23.206, Od. 24.346.

  • 8

    In neut. ἔμπεδον as adv.

  • • a

      With firm stand: στηρίξαι Od. 12.434.

      Immovably, steadily, fixedly Il. 17.434: Od. 17.464.

      Steadfastly, unshrinkingly Il. 5.527 = Il. 15.622, Il. 15.406.

      Without stirring Il. 13.37: = Od. 8.275, Od. 11.152, 628, Od. 12.161.

    • b

      Without intermission or break, continuously Il. 12.281: Od. 7.259.

      Continually: ἐπαΐξασκεν Il. 18.158.

      With steady course, without break or stop Il. 22.192.

      With steady or undeviating course Il. 13.141, Il. 23.641, 642: Od. 13.86.

    • c

      App., without hesitation or uncertainty: ἄλλοτʼ ἐπʼ ἄλλον ἀμείβεται Il. 15.683.

ἔμπεδος

• 1constant, lasting λυγρόν τʼ ἔρανον Πολυδέκτᾳ θῆκε ματρός τʼ ἔμπεδον δουλοσύναν P. 12.14 οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν τίνι τοῦτο Μοῖρα τέλος ἔμπεδον ὤρεξε pr. N. 7.57 μή μοι μέγας ἕρπων κάμοι ἐξοπίσω χρόνος ἔμπεδος (proleptic c. ἕρπων) Πα. 2. 27. λίαν μοι [δέο]ς ἔμπεδον εἴη κεν” pr. Pae. 4.49

For Pindar, see also: ἔμπεδον

ἔμπεδος (πέδον): firmly standing or footed, Od. 23.203, Il. 13.512; firm, immovable, unshaken, Il. 12.9, 12; so of the mind, βίη, μένος, φρένες, ‘unimpaired,’ Od. 10.493; ἔμπεδος οὐδʼ ἀεσίφρων (Πρίαμος), Il. 20.183; ‘sure,’ ‘certain,’ Od. 19.250, Od. 8.30; of time, ‘lasting,’ ‘constant,’ Il. 8.521, Od. 8.453; and metaph., ἦτορ, φρένες, Il. 6.352, Od. 18.215.—Neut. ἔμπεδον as adv., with the same meanings, στηρίξαι firmly, Od. 12.434; μένειν, without leaving the spot, Il. 5.527; θέειν, ‘constantly,’ Il. 13.141, Od. 13.86.

ἔμπεδος ἔμ-πεδος, ον ἐν, πέδον

• • Iin the ground, firm-set, steadfast, Hom.; of events, sure and certain, Od.
  • • 2of Time, lasting, continual, Hom.
  • IIneut. ἔμπεδον as adv., μένειν ἔμπεδον to stand fast, Il.; θέειν ἔμπεδον to run on and on, run without resting, Il.; strenghd., ἔμπεδον αἰέν Il.:—so in pl., τίκτει δʼ ἔμπεδα μῆλα the flocks bring forth without fail, Od.:—also in Attic Poets, of a surety, Soph.; but more often ἐμπέδως, Aesch., Soph.