ἔμπας
empas
alike
Appears 38 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔμπας (A), P. 4.86, etc. (so always in Trag., exc. ἔμπᾰ Aj. 563): Ep. ἔμπης also in late Ion. prose, SA 2.8, SD 2.11: Dor. also ἔμπᾱν, P. 5.55, N. 6.4, 11.44; and ἔμπᾰ (v. supr.), N. 4.36, Epigr. 14:—Α. poet. Adv. 1. = ὁμοίως, alike, Ζεὺς δʼ ἔ. πάντʼ ἰθύνει Il. 17.632; ἔ. ἐς γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἵκετʼ ἀϋτμή 14.174; ἔ. τὰ καὶ τὰ νέμων P. 5.55. 2. in any case, νῦν δʼ ἔ. γὰρ κῆρες ἐφεστᾶσιν θανάτοιο, ἴομεν Il. 12.326; οὐκ ἐφάμην ῥιγωσέμεν ἔ. Od. 14.481; anyhow, as things are, σὺ δὲ χαῖρε καὶ ἔ. 5.205, cf. Il. 19.308, v.l. for αὕτως in Od. 16.143; ὄφρʼ ἔτι μᾶλλον Τρωσὶ μὲν εὐκτὰ γένηται ἐπικρατέουσί περ ἔ. though they are victorious as it is, Il. 14.98. 3. in the same way, so, ἔ. μοι τοῖχοι . . φαίνοντʼ ὀφθαλμοῖς ὡς εἰ πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο Od. 19.37, cf. 18.354. II. = ὅμως, all the same, nevertheless, ἔ. δʼ οὐκ ἐδάμασσα Il. 5.191; πρῆξαι δʼ ἔ. οὔ τι δυνήσεαι 1.562, cf. Od. 19.302, 2.199; after ἀλλά, ἀλλὰ καί, ἀλλʼ ἔ. μιν ἐάσομεν 16.147, cf. Il. 8.33, Od. 4.100, al.; ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔ. αἰσχρόν but even so . ., Il. 2.297, cf. 19.422; ἐγὼ δʼ αἰσχύνομαι ἔ. Od. 18.12, cf. 15.214; following part. with περ,= καίπερ, Νέστορα δʼ οὐκ ἔλαθεν πίνοντά περ ἔ. Il. 14.1, cf. Od. 15.361, 18.165; rarely before the part., ἄλγεα δʼ ἔ. ἐν θυμῷ κατακεῖσθαι ἐάσομεν ἀχνύμενοί περ Il. 24.522. (Signff. I and II were distd. by , cf. Sch.T Il. 14.1.) III. in later Poets sts. in a milder sense, at any rate, yet, Pr. 48, Eu. 229, Ant. 845, Cyc. 535 (lyr.); after δέ, P. 4.86; ἀλλʼ ἔμπας Pr. 189 (lyr.), Alc. 906 (lyr.); ἀλλʼ ἔμπαν N. 6.4, 11.44; ἔμπα, καἴπερ ἔχει . . ib.4.36, cf. Aj. 563: with a part., ib. 1338; δύστηνον ἔμπας, καίπερ ὄντα δυσμενῆ ib.122; also with Adj., ἀφωνήτῳ περ ἔμπας ἄχει P. 4.237.
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