ἐμμένω,
future -μενῶ[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 648, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐμμεμένηκα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—abide in a place, πολὺν χρόνον μελάθροις ἐμμένειν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 362.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1120; ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.23, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.17, Epist. 1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.22: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 abide by, stand by, cleave to, be true to, with dative, τοῖς ὁρκίοις [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106; πιστώμασι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 977, etc.; τῷ κηρύγματι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 351; ὀρθῷ νόμῳ [prev. author] “Aj.” 350; ἐ. ταῖς συνθήκαις καὶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.81; τοῖς νόμοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.16; τῷ τιμήματι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39b; τῇ δμολογίᾳ [prev. author] “Tht.” 145c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις remain constant to them, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 24 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς τὸν ἐνιαυτόν Indut. cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118; ἐν τῇ τάξει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844c; ἐν τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.89 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, stand fast be faithful, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1241, “PTeb.” 382.22 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]