πομπεύω

English (LSJ)

poet. Iterat.

   A πομπεύεσκε Theoc.2.68: (πομπή):—conduct, escort, as a guide, Od.13.422, Erinn.1; ἐν δέπαϊ Ἠέλιον Antim.Eleg.5; Ἑρμοῦ τέχνην π. play the part of Hermes, S.Tr.620.    2 carry sinning Vestal Virgins in procession, D.H.8.89.    II lead a procession, π. πομπήν Test. ap. D.21.22, Plb.6.39.9, etc.; κατὰ κάλλος π. Michel731.27 (Ilium, ii B.C.), cf. OGI309.9 (Teos, ii B.C., prob.):—Pass., to be led in triumph (at Rome), Str.7.1.4, Plu. Aem.34, Flam.14, etc.    b metaph., parade ostentatiously, [ἀρχήν] Arr.Epict.3.24.118; opp. ὑπεσταλμένως ἀλληγορῆσαι, Heraclit.All.29: —Pass., Phld.Rh.1.223 S.    2 abs., take part in a procession, IG 12.40.25, D.21.180, Arist.IA712a34, Isyll.17,21, Theoc. l.c., IG12 (8).150.26 (Samothrace, iii B.C.), D.S.16.92; π. μετὰ τῶν ἱππέων Thphr.Char.21.8; of sinning Vestal Virgins carried on a bier, D.H. 2.67; of prisoners led in triumph, Str.7.1.4, 15.3.15; but of the victorious general, Procop.Vand.2.9: metaph., make a fine show, τοῖς προσώποις Cic.Att.13.32.3; swagger, strut, Luc.DMeretr.12.2.    III abuse with ribald jests (cf. πομπεία 11), opp. κατηγορεῖν, D.18.124: abs., Phld.Lib.p.42O.; εἴς τινα Philostr.Her.2.10.