1.a messenger, envoy, Hom., Hdt., attic
2.generally, one that announces, of birds of augury, Il.; Μουσῶν ἄγγελος, of a poet, Theogn.; Διὸς ἄγγ., of the nightingale, Soph.; c. gen. rei, ἄγγ. κακῶν ἐμῶν id=Soph.
3.a divine messenger, an angel, NTest.