I.a conductor, escort, guide, Hom., Hdt.; of Hermes (cf. πομπαῖος), Soph.; πομποί attendants, guards, id=Soph.: also πομπός, a conductress, Od.
2.c. gen. rei, τῆσδε προστροπῆς π. conveyor, carrier of these suppliant offerings, Aesch.
3.a messenger, one who is sent for a person or thing, Soph.