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