ἄγγελος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[messenger]], [[envoy]], <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, [[one that announces]] or [[tells]], 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> [[angel]], <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. [[in R]].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>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[messenger]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Perh. Myc. [[akero]].<br />Derivatives: Verb <b class="b3">ἀγγέλλω</b> [[bring a message]]. (Hom. <b class="b3">ἀγγελίης</b> m. [[messenger]] from false interpretation of the genetive (<b class="b3">τῆς</b>) <b class="b3">ἀγγελίης</b>? Leumann Hom. Wörter 168ff.)<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Connection with Skt. <b class="b2">áṅgiras-</b>, name of mythical beings, is now abandoned. Perhaps an oriental LW [loanword]. Unacceptable vW.<br />See also: Cf. [[ἄγγαρος]].