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[259] ἔμπεδον, ‘continuously.’ “πέδον” or “πεδίον”, ‘solid ground,’ gives this meaning to ἔμπεδον by a process similar to that by which durare, in the sense of ‘lasting,’ comes from durus. Bekker remarks that “ἔμπεδον” stands here before a word beginning with a “ϝ”, and suggests “ἔμπεδα”, comparing Od.19. 113“τίκτει δ᾽ ἔμπεδα μῆλα”. But it may be doubted whether “ἔμπεδα” does not there mean either ‘strong young ones,’ or ‘young that come to maturity.’

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

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