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πέμπω , Ep. inf. -έμεναι, -έμεν, Od.13.48, 10.18 : Ion. impf.
A.πέμπεσκεHdt.7.106 : fut. “πέμψωOd.5.167, etc.; Dor. “πεμψῶTheoc.5.141; Ep.inf. “πεμψέμεναιOd.10.484: aor. ἔπεμψα, Ep. “πέμψαIl.1.442, 21.43, etc.: pf. “πέπομφαTh.7.12, X.Cyr.6.2.10, D.4.48 : plpf. ἐπεμπόμφει, Ion. -εε, X.Cyr.6.2.9, Hdt.1.85 :—Med. (not in early Prose, exc. in compds. ἀπο-, μετα-, προ-πέμπομαι), fut. πέμψομαι only f.l. in E. Or.111 : aor. “ἐπεμψάμηνId.Hec.977 :—Pass., fut. “πεμφθήσομαιStr. 1.1.4, Plu.Demetr.27 : aor. “ἐπέμφθηνPi.N.3.59, S.El. 1163, etc.: 3sg.pf. “πέπεμπταιA.Th.473, (προ-) Th.7.77; part. “πεπεμμένοςD.23.159, Luc. Alex.32, D.C.50.13: plpf. “ἐπέπεμπτοId.36.18, (προὐπ-) Th.8.79 (cj.) :—send, freq. of persons, as messengers, spies, etc., Il.3.116, A.Th.37, Hdt.7.15, etc.; of troops, A.Pers.34 (anap.), Th.470 : c. dupl. acc., ὁδὸν π. τινά send one on a journey, S.Aj.739, cf.El.1163 (Pass.); also of things, “πέμψω δέ τοι οὖρον ὄπισθενOd.5.167, etc.; π. γράμματα, ἐπιστολήν, Pl.Ep.310d, 323b; in letters, in the epistolary aorist, Th.1.129, X. An.1.9.25, LXX2 Es.4.14; π. κακόν τινι send one evil, Il.15.109; “π. παραβᾶσιν ἘρινύνA.Ag.59 (anap.); ποινάς, ζημίαν, Id.Eu.203 (dub.), E.Fr.506; “ψόφον π. ἔσωId.IT 1308; ὕπνον, ὀνείρατα, S.Ph.19, El.460; freq. of omens, π.οἰωνόν, τέρατα, Il.24.310, X.Mem. 1.4.15, cf. Smp. 4.48; “μαντείαςS.OT 149; also “ἱκεσίους π. λιτάςId.Ph.495 ; π. ἀρωγάς, ἀλκάν, A.Eu.598, S. OT189(lyr.) :—Constr.:
1. c. acc. of place to which, π. τινὰ Θήβας, ἀγρούς, Id.OC 1770 (anap.), OT761 : also c. dat., “ἈΐδᾳE.IT 159 (anap.): but usu. with Preps., ἐς Τροίην, φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν, etc., Il.6.207, Od.5.37, etc.; “π. εἰς ἈΐδαοIl.21.48 ; “δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσωOd.9.524; π. εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, Pl.Prt.325d (so πέμπειν alone, Ar.Fr.216); π. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης over. . , Od.4.560, etc. ; π.ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἵππους to them, Il.10.464; but πέμπειν ἐπί τι send for a purpose, “ἐπ᾽ ὕδωρHdt.5.12 ; “ἐπὶκατασκοπήνX. Cyr.6.2.9 (π. εἰς κ. S.Ph.45); “π. ἀρωγὴν ἐπὶ νίκηνA.Ch. 477 codd. (anap.); π. ἐπί τινι send to him, Il.2.6; against. . , A.Ag. 61 (anap.), etc.; for a purpose, “ἐπὶ πολέμῳX. HG4.8.17; περί τινος about something, Th.1.91, X.Cyr.6.2.10; ὑπέρ τινος Epist. Philipp. ap.D.12.12; παρά or πρός τινα to some one, Th.2.81, X.An.5.2.6; “ὥς τιναTh.8.50.
2. folld. by Advbs., οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, Od.19.281, 24.418; “ὅνδε δόμονδεIl.16.445; “θύραζεOd.9.461; “πόλεμόνδεIl. 18.452, etc.; ἕταρον γὰρ . . πέμπ᾽ Ἄϊδόσδε was conducting or convoying Patroclus to Hades, 23.137.
5. send forward, nominate a person for a post, ὀνόματα Wilcken Chr.28.20 (ii A.D.) :—Pass., ib.392.7 (ii A.D.).
II. send forth or away, dismiss, send home, “τὸν ξεῖνονOd.7.227, al.: less freq. in Il., as 24.780; χρὴ ξεῖνον παρεόντα φιλεῖν, ἐθέλοντα δὲ πέμπειν 'welcome the coming, speed the parting guest', Od.15.74 ; “ὑπέδεκτο καὶ πέμπε23.315 ; of the father who sends off his daughter to go to her husband, c. dat., 4.5 ; “π. τινὰ ἄποικονS.OT1518, etc.
3. of words, send forth, utter, A. Th. 443, S.Ph.846 (lyr.), 1445 (anap.).
III. conduct, escort, Il.1.390, Od.14.336, S.Tr. 571, etc.; freq. of Hermes and other gods, Od.11.626, A. Eu. 12, Supp. 219; πέμπων abs., of Hermes, S. Ph. 133 (cf.πομπός, πομπαῖος, etc.); of a ship, convey, carry, Od.8.556, cf. A.Supp. 136(lyr.); “κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ᾽ ἔπεμψαν αὖραιId.Pr.132(lyr.), cf. Pi.P.4.203 (Pass.).
V. send up, produce, “ὅσα πέμπει βιόδωρος αἶαS.Ph. 1162 (lyr.).
II. send in one's own service or cause to be sent, S.OT556, Luc. Tox.14.
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