ἀπόστολ-ος, ὁ,
messenger, ambassador, envoy, ὁ μὲν δὴ ἀ. ἐς τὴν Μίλητον ἦν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς Λακεδαίμονα τριήρεϊ ἀ. ἐγίνετο he went off on a mission to Laced., [[ [prev. author] 5.38. ] Refs]
__b commander of a naval force, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__2 messenger from God, [[ LXX.1Ki.14.6] LXX]; especially of the Apostles, [[NT.Matt.10.2, +others ] NT]
__II ={στόλος}, naval squadron or expedition, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.21] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπόστολον ἀφιέναι, ἀποστέλλειν, ποιεῖσθαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.5, 18.80,107, “IG” 2.809b190. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 colony, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.59. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 ={ἀποστολή}, of envoys, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.11.1. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.4 ἀπόστολον, τό, with or without πλοῖον, packet, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 346a, Pseudo-Herodotus Historicus “Vitae Homeri” 19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 ἀπόστολος, ὁ, order for dispatch, of a vessel, [[ “CPHerm.” 6.11 (3rd c.AD, _plural_), “PAmh.” 2.138.10(4th c.AD),compare “Digesta” 49.6.1. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]