W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), Book 8 (θ）, line 30

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[30] ἔμπεδον εἶναι. That is, ‘that it should be assured.’ ἔμπεδος, of a boon which has been promised, has the same ambiguity which the English word ‘certain’ has, similarly used. The boon is prospectively certain, when it is promised; which is the application of ‘certain’ here: it is retrospectively certain, when the promise holds good still, or when the promise is fulfilled. But cp. Il.2. 393“μισθὸς δέ οἱ ἄρκιος ἔστω”, and Buttm. Lexil. § 28.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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