Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πομπαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πομπαῖος πομπαῖη πομπαῖον

Structure: πομπαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pomph/

Sense

  1. escorting, conveying, fair
  2. who escorted the souls of the dead

Examples

  • τοσαῦτά σ’, ὦ Ζεῦ, προστρέπω, καλῶ δ’ ἅμα πομπαῖον Ἑρμῆν χθόνιον εὖ με κοιμίσαι, ξὺν ἀσφαδάστῳ καὶ ταχεῖ πηδήματι πλευρὰν διαρρήξαντα τῷδε φασγάνῳ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 3:8)
  • ναυσιφορήτοισ δ’ ἀνδράσι πρώτα χάρισ ἐσ πλόον ἀρχομένοισ πομπαῖον ἐλθεῖν οὖρον· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 1 12:1)
  • τὸν δ’ Ἑρμῆν ταμίαν εἶναι τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πομπαῖον λέγεσθαι καὶ πυλαῖον καὶ χθόνιον, ἐπειδήπερ οὗτοσ εἰσπέμπει ἀπὸ τῶν σωμάτων τὰσ ψυχὰσ ἀπό τε γῆσ καὶ ἐκ θαλάττησ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. a'. PUQAGORAS 31:4)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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