Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προπομπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προπομπός προπομπόν

Structure: προπομπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prope/mpw

Sense

  1. escorting, in a procession, carrying, in procession
  2. a conductor, escort, attendant

Examples

  • καὶ σὺ μέν, ἔφη, συσκευάζου καὶ τὸν λόχον προπομπὸν ἄγε. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 20:4)

Synonyms

  1. escorting

Related

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

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