πέμπω

πέμπω, [dialect] Ep. inf. -έμεναι, -έμεν, Od.13.48, 10.18 : [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf.

A

πέμπεσκε Hdt.7.106

: [tense] fut.

πέμψω Od.5.167

, etc.; [dialect] Dor.

πεμψῶ Theoc.5.141

; [dialect] Ep.inf.

πεμψέμεναι Od.10.484

: [tense] aor. ἔπεμψα, [dialect] Ep.

πέμψα Il.1.442

, 21.43, etc.: [tense] pf.

πέπομφα Th.7.12

, X.Cyr.6.2.10, D.4.48 : [tense] plpf. ἐπεμπόμφει, [dialect] Ion. -εε, X.Cyr.6.2.9, Hdt.1.85 :—[voice] Med. (not in early Prose, exc. in compds. ἀπο-, μετα-, προ-πέμπομαι), [tense] fut. πέμψομαι only f.l. in E. Or.111 : [tense] aor.

ἐπεμψάμην Id.Hec.977

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

πεμφθήσομαι Str. 1.1.4

, Plu.Demetr.27 : [tense] aor.

ἐπέμφθην Pi.N.3.59

, S.El. 1163, etc.: [ per.] 3sg.[tense] pf.

πέπεμπται A.Th.473

, ([etym.] προ-) Th.7.77; part.

πεπεμμένος D.23.159

, Luc. Alex.32, D.C.50.13: [tense] plpf.

ἐπέπεμπτο Id.36.18

, ([etym.] προὐπ-) Th.8.79 (cj.) :—send, freq. of persons, as messengers, spies, etc., Il.3.116, A.Th.37, Hdt.7.15, etc.; of troops, A.Pers.34 (anap.), Th.470 : c. dupl. acc., ὁδὸν π. τινά send one on a journey, S.Aj.739, cf.El.1163 ([voice] Pass.); also of things,

πέμψω δέ τοι οὖρον ὄπισθεν Od.5.167

, etc.; π. γράμματα, ἐπιστολήν, Pl.Ep.310d, 323b; in letters, in the epistolary aorist, Th.1.129, X. An.1.9.25, LXX2 Es.4.14; π. κακόν τινι send one evil, Il.15.109;

π. παραβᾶσιν Ἐρινύν A.Ag.59

(anap.); ποινάς, ζημίαν, Id.Eu.203 (dub.), E.Fr.506;

ψόφον π. ἔσω Id.IT 1308

; ὕπνον, ὀνείρατα, S.Ph.19, El.460; freq. of omens, π.οἰωνόν, τέρατα, Il.24.310, X.Mem. 1.4.15, cf. Smp. 4.48;

μαντείας S.OT 149

; also

ἱκεσίους π. λιτάς Id.Ph.495

; π. ἀρωγάς, ἀλκάν, A.Eu.598, S. OT189(lyr.) :—Constr.:

1 c. acc. of place to which, π. τινὰ Θήβας, ἀγρούς, Id.OC 1770 (anap.), OT761 : also c. dat.,

Ἀΐδᾳ E.IT 159

(anap.): but usu. with Preps., ἐς Τροίην, φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν, etc., Il.6.207, Od.5.37, etc.;

π. εἰς Ἀΐδαο Il.21.48

;

δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω Od.9.524

; π. εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, Pl.Prt.325d (so πέμπειν alone, Ar.Fr.216); π. ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης over. . , Od.4.560, etc. ; π.ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἵππους to them, Il.10.464; but πέμπειν ἐπί τι send for a purpose,

ἐπ' ὕδωρ Hdt.5.12

;

ἐπὶκατασκοπήν X. Cyr.6.2.9

(π. εἰς κ. S.Ph.45);

π. ἀρωγὴν ἐπὶ νίκην A.Ch. 477

codd. (anap.); π. ἐπί τινι send to him, Il.2.6; against. . , A.Ag. 61 (anap.), etc.; for a purpose,

ἐπὶ πολέμῳ X. HG4.8.17

; περί τινος about something, Th.1.91, X.Cyr.6.2.10; ὑπέρ τινος Epist. Philipp. ap.D.12.12; παρά or πρός τινα to some one, Th.2.81, X.An.5.2.6;

ὥς τινα Th.8.50

.

2 folld. by Advbs., οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, Od.19.281, 24.418;

ὅνδε δόμονδε Il.16.445

;

θύραζε Od.9.461

;

πόλεμόνδε Il. 18.452

, etc.; ἕταρον γὰρ . . πέμπ' Ἄϊδόσδε was conducting or convoying Patroclus to Hades, 23.137.

3 folld. by inf. of purpose,

τὴν . . ἅρμασι π. νέεσθαι Od.4.8

;

ἕπεσθαι Il.16.575

;

ἰέναι Od.14.396

;

ἱκανέμεν 4.29

;

ἄγειν 24.419

;

φέρειν Il.16.454

; φέρεσθαι ib.681 ;

μήτηρ με πέμπει πατρὶ τυμβεῦσαι χοάς S.El.406

; send word,

πέμπεις . . σῇ δάμαρτι, παῖδα σὴν δεῦρ' ἀποστέλλειν E.IA360

; πέμπουσιν οἱ ἔφοροι . . στρατεύεσθαι sent him orders to march, X.HG3.1.7 : also c. part.,

κήρυκας π. ἀγγέλλοντας IG 12.76.22

: the place from which is expressed by ἀπό or ἐκ, Il.16.447, Od.11.635, etc.

4 abs.,

ἐπέμψαμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ ἀποστάσεως Th.3.13

;

πέμπει κελεύων Th.1.91

, 2.81;

ἐκέλευε . . πέμπων X. An.2.3.1

;

ἔπεμπε πρὸς Κῦρον δεόμενος Id.Cyr.1.5.4

;

ἔπεμπον ἐρωτῶντες Id.An.6.6.4

, etc.

5 send forward, nominate a person for a post, ὀνόματα Wilcken Chr.28.20 (ii A.D.) :—[voice] Pass., ib.392.7 (ii A.D.).

II send forth or away, dismiss, send home,

τὸν ξεῖνον Od.7.227

, al.: less freq. in Il., as 24.780; χρὴ ξεῖνον παρεόντα φιλεῖν, ἐθέλοντα δὲ πέμπειν 'welcome the coming, speed the parting guest', Od.15.74 ;

ὑπέδεκτο καὶ πέμπε 23.315

; of the father who sends off his daughter to go to her husband, c. dat., 4.5 ;

π. τινὰ ἄποικον S.OT1518

, etc.

2 of missiles, discharge, shoot,

πέτρας Hes. Th.716

: metaph.,

ὄμματος . . τόξευμα A. Supp. 1005

: abs.,

οἱ πολλάκις πέμποντες ἔστιν ὅτε τυγχάνουσι τοῦ σκοποῦ Eun. VS p.495

B.

3 of words, send forth, utter, A. Th. 443, S.Ph.846 (lyr.), 1445 (anap.).

III conduct, escort, Il.1.390, Od.14.336, S.Tr. 571, etc.; freq. of Hermes and other gods, Od.11.626, A. Eu. 12, Supp. 219; ὁ πέμπων abs., of Hermes, S. Ph. 133 (cf.πομπός, πομπαῖος, etc.); of a ship, convey, carry, Od.8.556, cf. A.Supp. 136(lyr.);

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ' ἔπεμψαν αὖραι Id.Pr.132

(lyr.), cf. Pi.P.4.203 ([voice] Pass.).

2 πομπὴν π. conduct, or take part in, a procession, Hdt.5.56, Ar. Ec.757, Th.6.56, Lys. 13.80, D.4.26, etc.; π. χορούς move in dancing procession, E.El.434(lyr.); Παναθήναια π. Men. 494, Philostr. VA4.22 :—[voice] Pass., φαλλὸς Διονύσῳ πεμπόμενος carried in procession in his honour, Hdt.2.49, cf. Plu.Aem. 32, Demetr.12;

τῆς πομπῆς ὅπως ἂν ὡς κάλλισταπεμφθῇ IG12.84.27

;

χορὸς ὁ εἰς Δῆλον πεμπόμενος X. Mem.3.3.12

.

IV send as a present, εἵματα, σῖτον, Od. 16.83,4.623; π. δῶρα, σκῦλα, ξένια, Hdt.7.106 ([voice] Act. and [voice] Pass.), S.Ph. 1429, X.Cyr.3.1.42.

V send up, produce,

ὅσα πέμπει βιόδωρος αἶα S.Ph. 1162

(lyr.).

B [voice] Med., πέμπεσθαί τινα send for one, S.OC602, ubiv. Sch.; τί χρῆμ' ἐπέμψω τὸν ἐμὸν ἐκ δόμων πόδα; E.Hec.977.

II send in one's own service or cause to be sent, S.OT556, Luc. Tox.14.