ποιμαίνω,
Epic dialect imperfect ποιμαίνεσκεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.188 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: (ποιμήν):—herd, tend, μῆλα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place]; ἄρνας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 23; ποίμνας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 26, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1004 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρόβατα variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 345c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιμαίνειν ἐπ᾽ ὄεσσι to be shepherd over sheep, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.25, 11.106 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, act as shepherd, tend flocks, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174d, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.65; ἐν τοῖς ἄλσεσιν μὴ π. “SIG” 986.3 (Chios, 5th-4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be herded, roam the pastures, of flocks, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.245, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 579 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἀτρεκέων ποιμαίνεται ἔθνος ὀνείρων 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.5 (unless ] Refs 8th c.BC+]middle, with ὕπνος (l. [[ 3) as subject). ] Refs]
__2 πᾶς πεποίμανται τόπος every country has been traversed (as by a shepherd or flocks of sheep), [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 249. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, tend, cherish, ζωᾶς ἄωτον [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).12; ἱκέτην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 91; τὸ σῶμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 209a; θεσμόν “Anthologia Graeca” 12.99. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 guide, govern, στρατόν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 744; μάλα καὶ κατόπιν ἡμᾶς ἐποίμαινον αὖραι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]