ἔμπεδος
ἔμπεδος
ἔμ-πεδος, ον
ἐν, πέδον
in the ground, firm-set, steadfast, Hom.; of events, sure and certain, Od.
of Time, lasting, continual, Hom.
neut. 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.