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. οὐδ᾽ 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.OC1674 (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; μάλ᾽ ἀσφαλέως θέεν ἔ. Od.13.86: pl., τίκτῃ δ᾽ ἔμπεδα μῆλα the flocks bring forth without fail, 19.113; “δρύες ἔμπεδα ῥίζαις ἑστᾶσιν” firmly, AP9.291 (Crin.): in Trag., ἴσθι τόδ᾽ 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.
