ποιμήν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ένος, ὁ, voc. [[ποιμήν]] (not -μέν) Hdn.Gr.2.717:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[herdsman]], whether of sheep or oxen, Od.10.82-5, al.; opp. lord or owner ([[ἄναξ]]), 4.87.<br><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom. always [[shepherd]], βουκόλοι καὶ π. E.''Ba.'' 714, cf. Cratin.281, Pl.''Tht.''174d, ''R.''343a, ''Lg.''735b, etc.; π. προβάτων [[LXX]] ''Ge.''4.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[shepherd]] of the people, regularly of Agamemnon, Ἀγαμέμνονα π. λαῶν Il.2.243, al.: generally, [[captain]], [[chief]], ib.85, al., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''360 codd. (lyr.); ναῶν ποιμένες A.''Supp.''767; λόχων E.''Ph.''1140; ὄχων Id.''Supp.''674; <b class="b3">ποιμένες δώρων Κυπρίας</b>, of the Loves, Pi.''N.''8.6: abs., [[master]], [[lord]], πλοῦτος ὁ λαχὼν ποιμένα Id.''O.''10(11).88; for A.''Ag.''657, v. [[στρόβος]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> in [[LXX]] and [[NT]], [[pastor]], [[teacher]], [[Je]]. 2.8, ''Ep.Eph.''4.11, etc. (Cf.Lith. piemuõ, gen.sg. [[piemeñs]] 'shepherd'.)