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πέμπω,
Epic dialect infinitive -έμεναι, -έμεν, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.48, 10.18 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect πέμπεσκε [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.106 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πέμψω [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.167, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect πεμψῶ [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.141 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive πεμψέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.484: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἔπεμψα, Epic dialect πέμψα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.442, 21.43, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπομφα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεμπόμφει, Ionic dialect -εε, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.9, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.85 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle (not in early Prose, except in compounds ἀπο-, μετα-, προ-πέμπομαι), future πέμψομαι only falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 111 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπεμψάμην [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 977 ] Refs]:—passive, future πεμφθήσομαι [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 27 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἐπέμφθην [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.59, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1163, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. singular perfect πέπεμπται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 473, (προ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle πεπεμμένος [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.159, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 32, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 50.13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπέπεμπτο [[ [prev. author] 36.18, (προὐπ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.79 (conjecture)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—send, frequently of persons, as messengers, spies, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.116, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 37, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.15, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of troops, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 34 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 470: with double _accusative_, ὁδὸν π. τινά] Refs 4th c.BC+] send one on a journey, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 739, compare “El.” 1163 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of things, πέμψω δέ τοι οὖρον ὄπισθεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.167, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. γράμματα, ἐπιστολήν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 310d, 323b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in letters, in the epistolary aorist, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.25, LXX.2Esd.4.14 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; π. κακόν τινι send one evil, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.109; π. παραβᾶσιν Ἐρινύν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 59 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποινάς, ζημίαν, [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 203 (uncertain), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 506; ψόφον π. ἔσω [prev. author] “IT” 1308 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕπνον, ὀνείρατα, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 19, “El.” 460 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of omens, π.οἰωνόν, τέρατα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.310, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.15, compare “Smp.” 4.48; μαντείας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 149; also ἱκεσίους π. λιτάς [prev. author] “Ph.” 495 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀρωγάς, ἀλκάν, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 598, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 189 (Lyric poetry):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Constr.:
Close Browse lexicon entries __1 with accusative of place to which, π. τινὰ Θήβας, ἀγρούς, [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1770 (_anapaest meter_), “OT” 761: also with _dative_, Ἀΐδᾳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 159 (_anapaest meter_): but usually with Preps., ἐς Τροίην, φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν, etc., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.207, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.37, etc.; π. εἰς Ἀΐδαο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.48; δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.524 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325d (so πέμπειν alone, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 216)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης over.., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.560, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π.ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἵππους to them, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.464 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but πέμπειν ἐπί τι send for a purpose, ἐπ᾽ ὕδωρ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12; ἐπὶκατασκοπήν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.9 (π. εἰς κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 45); π. ἀρωγὴν ἐπὶ νίκην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 477 codices (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπί τινι send to him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; against.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 61 (_anapaest meter_), etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; for a purpose, ἐπὶ πολέμῳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περί τινος about something, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπέρ τινος Epist. Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; παρά or πρός τινα to some one, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.6; ὥς τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.50. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 followed by adverbs, οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.281, 24.418; ὅνδε δόμονδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.445; θύραζε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.461; πόλεμόνδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.452, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕταρον γὰρ.. πέμπ᾽ Ἄϊδόσδε was conducting or convoying Patroclus to Hades, [[ 23.137. ] Refs]
__3 followed by infinitive of purpose, τὴν.. ἅρμασι π. νέεσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.8; ἕπεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.575; ἰέναι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.396; ἱκανέμεν 4.29; ἄγειν 24.419; φέρειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.454 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φέρεσθαι[[ [prev. work] 681; μήτηρ με πέμπει πατρὶ τυμβεῦσαι χοάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 406 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; send word, πέμπεις.. σῇ δάμαρτι, παῖδα σὴν δεῦρ᾽ ἀποστέλλειν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 360 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέμπουσιν οἱ ἔφοροι.. στρατεύεσθαι sent him orders to march, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with participle, κήρυκας π. ἀγγέλλοντας [[ “IG” 12.76.22: the place from which is expressed by ἀπό or ἐκ, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.447, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.635, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 absolutely, ἐπέμψαμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ ἀποστάσεως [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.13; πέμπει κελεύων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91, 2.81; ἐκέλευε.. πέμπων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.1; ἔπεμπε πρὸς Κῦρον δεόμενος [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.5.4; ἔπεμπον ἐρωτῶντες [prev. author] “An.” 6.6.4, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 send forward, nominate a person for a post, ὀνόματα Wilcken [[ “Chr.” 28.20 (2nd c.AD):] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive [[, [prev. work]392.7 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II send forth or away, dismiss, send home, τὸν ξεῖνον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.227, +others: less frequently in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, as 24.780 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρὴ ξεῖνον παρεόντα φιλεῖν, ἐθέλοντα δὲ πέμπειν 'welcome the coming, speed the parting guest', [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.74; ὑπέδεκτο καὶ πέμπε 23.315 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the father who sends off his daughter to go to her husband, with dative,[[ 4.5; π. τινὰ ἄποικον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1518, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of missiles, discharge, shoot, πέτρας [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 716: _metaphorically_, ὄμματος.. τόξευμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1005: _absolutely_, οἱ πολλάκις πέμποντες ἔστιν ὅτε τυγχάνουσι τοῦ σκοποῦ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.495 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 of words, send forth, utter, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 443, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 846 (Lyric poetry), 1445 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III conduct, escort, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.390, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.336, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 571, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of Hermes and other gods, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.626, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 12, “Supp.” 219 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ πέμπων absolutely, of Hermes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 133 (compareπομπός, πομπαῖος, etc.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a ship, convey, carry, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.556, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 136 (Lyric poetry); κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ᾽ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι [prev. author] “Pr.” 132 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.203 (_passive_). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.2 πομπὴν π. conduct, or take part in, a procession, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.56, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 757, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.56, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.80, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.26, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. χορούς move in dancing procession, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 434 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Παναθήναια π. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 494, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.22:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, φαλλὸς Διονύσῳ πεμπόμενος carried in procession in his honour, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.49, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 32, “Demetr.” 12; τῆς πομπῆς ὅπως ἂν ὡς κάλλισταπεμφθῇ “IG” 12.84.27; χορὸς ὁ εἰς Δῆλον πεμπόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV send as a present, εἵματα, σῖτον, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.83, 4.623 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δῶρα, σκῦλα, ξένια, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.106 (_active_ and _passive_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1429, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.42. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V send up, produce, ὅσα πέμπει βιόδωρος αἶα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1162 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B middle, πέμπεσθαί τινα send for one, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 602 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], ubiv. [[ Scholia; τί χρῆμ᾽ ἐπέμψω τὸν ἐμὸν ἐκ δόμων πόδ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 977. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II send in one's own service or cause to be sent, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 556, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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