A.going or acting before:
1. servant that goes before one, attendant, minister, “τυράννων” A.Ch.357 (lyr.): abs., Xenoph.1.18, E.Hipp.200 (anap.), Ar.Nu.436; rower, Pi.O.13.54.
2. one who serves a god, esp. one who interprets his will to men, minister, [“Ἑκάτη] οἱ π. ἔπλετο” h.Cer.440; ὄνειρος Ἀΐδα π. v.l. in Ar.Ra.1333(lyr.); “Ἡσίοδος π. Μουσᾶν” B.5.192; “Πίνδαρος . . Πιερίδων π.” AP7.35 (Leon.); Μουσάων π . . . Ὀρφέα Poet. ap. Alcid.Od. 24; “αἰθέρος π . . . πελειαί” Simm. ap. Ath.11.491c; of the Κουρῆτες, Str. 10.3.7.