ἄγγελος, ὁ, ἡ,
messenger, envoy, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.26, etc.; δι᾽ ἀγγέλων ὁμιλέειν τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ζ,compare “SIG” 229.25 (from Erythrae):] Refs 8th c.BC+] — proverbial, Ἀράβιος ἄ., of a loquacious person, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 32. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 generally, one that announces or tells, e.g. of birds of augury, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.292, 296] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Μουσῶν ἄγγελος, of a poet, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 769; ἄγγελε ἔαρος.. χελιδοῖ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 74] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἄφθογγος, of a beacon, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 549 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of the nightingale, ὄρνις.. Διὸς ἄ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 149: with _genitive_ _of things_, ἄ. κακῶν ἐμῶν [prev. author] “Ant.” 277; ἄγγελον γλῶσσαν λόγων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 203; αἴσθησις ἡμῖν ἄ. 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.3; _neuter_ _plural_, ἄγγελα νίκης 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 34.226. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 angel, [[ LXX.Gen.28.12, +others, NT.Matt.1.24, +others, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.604, etc. ] LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]
__4 in later philosophical, semi-divine being, ἡλιακοὶ ἄ.[[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.141b, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 2.6, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.AD+] in R.2.243 K.; ἄ. καὶ ἀρχάγγελοι[[ “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 43.10, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 183, +others] Refs 5th c.AD+]: also in mystical and magical writings, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.45, “PMag.Lond.” 46.121, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]