πομπός

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (πέμπω)

   A conductor, escort, guide, Il.13.416, 24.153,182, Od.4.162, Hdt.1.121,122; epith. of Hermes (cf. πομπαῖος), A.Pers.626 (anap.), S.OC1548; πομποί attendants, guards, ib.723: fem. πομπός, ἡ, conductress, Od.4.826.    2 c. gen. rei, τῆσδε προστροπῆς π. conveyor, carrier of these suppliant offerings, A.Ch.86; π. ἴσθι τῶν ἐσθλῶν ἄνω (for πέμπε τὰ ἐσθλά) ib.147.    3 messenger, envoy, S.OT289, OC 70, Tr.617.    II as Adj., π. ἀρχαί conducting chiefs, A.Ag.124 (lyr.); π. [ἄνεμος] Ael.NA3.13; πῦρ π. signal, beacon fire, A.Ag. 299.