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πομπ-ός , , (πέμπω)
A.conductor, escort, guide, Il.13.416, 24.153,182, Od.4.162, Hdt.1.121,122; epith. of Hermes (cf. πομπαῖος), A.Pers.626 (anap.), S.OC1548; πομποί attendants, guards, ib.723: fem. πομπός, , conductress, Od.4.826.
2. c. gen. rei, τῆσδε προστροπῆς π. conveyor, carrier of these suppliant offerings, A.Ch.86; π. ἴσθι τῶν ἐσθλῶν ἄνω (for πέμπε τὰ ἐσθλά) ib.147.
3. messenger, envoy, S.OT289, OC 70, Tr.617.
II. as Adj., π. ἀρχαί conducting chiefs, A.Ag.124 (lyr.); π. [ἄνεμος] Ael.NA3.13; πῦρ π. signal, beacon fire, A.Ag. 299.
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    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 617
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 299
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 3.13
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