ποίμν-η, ἡ,
flock, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.122 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; properly of sheep, βουκολίας ἀγέλας τε καὶ αἰπόλια πλατἔ αἰγῶν ποίμνας τ᾽ είροπόκων ὀΐων [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 446; τά τε αἰπόλια καὶ τὰς π. καὶ τὰ βουκόλια 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 653, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 415e, etc.: generally, ποῖμναι κάπρων λεόντων τε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 238 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a single animal, χρυσεόμαλλος π., of the ram with golden fleece, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 725 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 52.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically of persons, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 642 (Lyric poetry, of the Furies), “Eu.” 197 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ποίμνη δίπους, of mankind, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 267c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]