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|Full diacritics=ἄγγελος
|Medium diacritics=ἄγγελος
|Low diacritics=άγγελος
|Capitals=ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ
|Transliteration A=ángelos
|Transliteration B=angelos
|Transliteration C=aggelos
|Beta Code=a)/ggelos
|Definition=ὁ, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">messenger, envoy</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.26</span>, etc.; δι' ἀγγέλων ὁμιλέειν τινί <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.<b class="b3">ζ</b>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>229.25 (Erythrae):— prov., <b class="b3">Ἀράβιος ἄ</b>., of a loquacious person, <span class="bibl">Men.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">one that announces</b> or <b class="b2">tells</b>, e.g. of birds of augury, <span class="bibl">Il.24.292</span>,<span class="bibl">296</span>; <b class="b3">Μουσῶν ἄγγελος</b>, of a poet, <span class="bibl">Thgn.769</span>; ἄγγελε ἔαρος . . χελιδοῖ <span class="bibl">Simon.74</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἄφθογγος</b>, of a beacon, <span class="bibl">Thgn.549</span>; of the nightingale, <b class="b3">ὄρνις . . Διὸς ἄ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>149</span>: c. gen. rei, ἄ. κακῶν ἐμῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>277</span>; ἄγγελον γλῶσσαν λόγων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>203</span>; αἴσθησις ἡμῖν ἄ. <span class="bibl">Plot.5.3.3</span>; neut. pl., ἄγγελα νίκης <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>34.226</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">angel</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>28.12</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>1.24</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Ph.2.604</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in later philos., <b class="b2">semi-divine being</b>, ἡλιακοὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.141b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Myst.</span>2.6</span>, Procl. <b class="b2">in R</b>.2.243 K.; ἄ. καὶ ἀρχάγγελοι <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>43.10, cf. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>183</span>, al.: also in mystical and magical writings, Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.45, <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>46.121, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> title of Artemis at Syracuse, Hsch.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0010.png Seite 10]] ὁ, auch fem. von der Iris, Il. 2, 786 und öfter, 1) der Bote, Gesandte, oft bei Hom. u. Tragg. und in Prosa, bes. oft πέμπειν, [[ἐλθεῖν]]. Auch Vögel, deren Flug vorbedeutend war, Il. 24, 292. 296; übrtr. λευκαὶ ἔθειραι συνετῆς ἄγγελοι ἡλικίης Philod. 14 (XI, 41); vgl. Leon. Tar. 41 (Plan. 182). – 2) die Botschaft, die Benachrichtigung, Pol. 1, 72, 4. – 3) im N. T. u. K. S. Engel.
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|lstext='''ἄγγελος''': ὁ, ἡ, [[ἀγγελιαφόρος]], Ὅμ. Ἡρ., δι’ ἀγγέλων ὁμιλέειν τινί, Ἡρόδ. 5. 92, 6, πρβλ. 1. 99. 2) [[καθόλου]], ὁ ἀναγγέλλων ἢ λέγων τι, [[οὕτως]] ἐπὶ πτηνῶν προοιωνιζόντων τι οἰωνόν, Ἰλ. Ω, 292, 296· Μουσῶν [[ἄγγελος]], ἐπὶ ποιητοῦ, Θέογν. 769, [[ὄρνις]] ... Διὸς ἄγγ., περὶ ἀηδόνος, Σοφ. Ἠλ. 149· μ. γεν. πράγ., ἄγγ. κακῶν ἐμῶν, ὁ αὐτ. Ἀντ. 277· ἄγγελον γλῶσσαν λόγων, Εὐρ. Ἱκ. 203. 3) [[ἄγγελος]] ([[πνεῦμα]]), Ἑβδ., Κ. Δ. ΙΙ. ὡς τὸ Λατ. nuntius, τὸ [[ἄγγελμα]], ἡ [[εἴδησις]], τὰ νέα, Πολύβ. 1. 72, 4, ([[ἴσως]] συγγ. τῷ [[ἄγγαρος]] καὶ τῷ Σανσκρ. angiras, ὡς τὸ πολὺς [[εἶναι]] συγγ. τῷ Σανσκρ. purus).
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{{bailly
|btext=ου (ὁ, ἡ)<br /><b>1</b> messager, messagère;<br /><b>2</b> <i>en poésie et en prose ion.</i> envoyé, député;<br /><b>3</b> <i>postér.</i> messager de Dieu, ange.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG emprunt oriental obscur.
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[messenger]]; [[common]] [[phrase]], ἦλθέ τινι, Il. 11.715; [[Ὄσσα]] Διὸς [[ἄγγελος]], Il. 2.94; [[also]] of birds, Od. 15.526.
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{{Slater
|sltr=[[ἄγγελος]] (-ος, -ον; -οι, -ων.) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[messenger]] ἄγγελον ἐσλὸν [[ἔφα]] τιμὰν μεγίσταν πράγματι παντὶ φέρειν (sc. [[Ὅμηρος]].) (P. 4.278) παλίγγλωσσον δέ οἱ ἀθάνατοι ἀγγέλων ῥῆσιν θέσαν (N. 1.59) ἑκόντι δ' ἐγὼ νώτῳ μεθέπων δίδυμον [[ἄχθος]] [[ἄγγελος]] [[ἔβαν]] (N. 6.57) [[ἦλθον]] ἄγγελοι [[ὀπίσω]] [[Σκυρόθεν]] Νεοπτόλεμον εὐρυβίαν ἄγοντες (Pae. 6.101) [[fig]]. ἐσσὶ γὰρ [[ἄγγελος]] [[ὀρθός]], ἠυκόμων σκυτάλα Μοισᾶν (sc. [[Αἰνέας]], the [[chorus]] [[leader]].) (O. 6.90)
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{{Abbott
|astxt=[[ἄγγελος]], -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מַלְאָךְ;] <br /><b class="num">1.</b>a messenger, one sent: Mt 11:10, Ja 22:25.<br /><b class="num">2.</b>As in LXX, in the special sense of angel, a spiritual, heavenly being, attendant upon God and employed as his messenger to men, to make known his purposes, as Lk 1:11, or to execute them, as Mt 4:6. The ἄ. in Re 1:20-2:1, al., is variously understood as<br /><b class="num">(1)</b>a messenger or delegate, <br /><b class="num">(2)</b>a bishop or ruler, <br /><b class="num">(3)</b>a guardian angel, <br /><b class="num">(4)</b>the prevailing spirit of each church, i.e. the Church itself. (Cf. Swete, Ap)., in l.; DB, iv, 991; Thayer, s.v.; Cremer, 18; MM, VGT, s.v.)
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