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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> Ep. impf. ποιμαίνεσκεν Od.9.188: ([[ποιμήν]]):—[[herd]], [[tend]], μῆλα Od. [[l.c.]]; ἄρνας Hes.''Th.''23; ποίμνας E.''Cyc.''26, A.R.2.1004; [[πρόβατα]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 345c; <b class="b3">ποιμαίνειν ἐπ' ὄεσσι</b> to [[be shepherd]] over sheep, Il.6.25, 11.106: abs., [[act as shepherd]], [[tend flocks]], Lys.20.11, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''174d, Theoc.11.65; ἐν τοῖς ἄλσεσιν μὴ π. ''SIG''986.3 (Chios, v/iv B.C.):—Pass., to [[be herded]], [[roam the pastures]], of flocks, Il.11.245, E.''Alc.''579 (lyr.): metaph., ἀτρεκέων ποιμαίνεται ἔθνος ὀνείρων Mosch. 2.5 (unless Med., with [[ὕπνος]] (l. 3) as subject).<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">πᾶς πεποίμανται τόπος</b> every country [[has been traversed]] (as by a shepherd or flocks of sheep), A.''Eu.''249.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[tend]], [[cherish]], ζωᾶς ἄωτον Pi.''I.''5(4).12; ἱκέτην A.''Eu.''91; τὸ σῶμα Pl.''Ly.''209a; θεσμόν ''AP'' 12.99.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[guide]], [[govern]], στρατόν E.''Fr.''744; μάλα καὶ κατόπιν ἡμᾶς ἐποίμαινον αὖραι Luc.''Am.''6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[soothe]], [[beguile]], ἔρωτα π. Theoc.11.80; ὀνομάτων κομψεύμασι τοὺς ἀμαθεῖς π. Luc.''Am.''54: hence, generally, [[deceive]], E.''Hipp.''153(lyr., cod. M and Sch. for [[πημαίνει]]).<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">εἴδωλα ἃ ποιμαίνουσιν</b> images which they [[send flocking]], i.e. represent as flocking, Plu.2.420b.