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ψυχοπομπός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψυχοπομπός ψυχοπομποῦ

Structure: ψυχοπομπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. guide or conductor of souls (Charon)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸν μὲν γὰρ ψυχοπομπὸν Ἑρμῆν κατὰ τὸ παλαιὸν νόμιμον παρ’ Αἰγυπτίοισ ἀναγαγόντα τὸ τοῦ Ἄπιδοσ σῶμα μέχρι τινὸσ παραδιδόναι τῷ περικειμένῳ τὴν τοῦ Κερβέρου προτομήν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 96 6:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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