Citations:πέμπω
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Ancient Greek citations of πέμπω (pémpō)
Verb: "to send, dispatch"
[edit]- 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 33–34:
- ἄλλους δ' ὁ μέγας καὶ πολυθρέμμων / Νεῖλος ἔπεμψεν:
- állous d' ho mégas kaì poluthrémmōn / Neîlos épempsen:
- Others the great and many-feeding / Nile dispatched:
- ἄλλους δ' ὁ μέγας καὶ πολυθρέμμων / Νεῖλος ἔπεμψεν:
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.25:
- Κῦρος γὰρ ἔπεμπε βίκους οἴνου ἡμιδεεῖς πολλάκις ὁπότε πάνυ ἡδὺν λάβοι, λέγων (...)
- Kûros gàr épempe bíkous oínou hēmideeîs pollákis hopóte pánu hēdùn láboi, légōn (...)
- For Cyrus often send half-full jars of wine by dispatch, whenever he would get hold of a very nice [wine], adding the message (...)
- Κῦρος γὰρ ἔπεμπε βίκους οἴνου ἡμιδεεῖς πολλάκις ὁπότε πάνυ ἡδὺν λάβοι, λέγων (...)
Verb: "to conduct, escort"
[edit]- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.389-390:
- τὴν μὲν γὰρ σὺν νηῒ θοῇ ἑλίκωπες Ἀχαιοὶ
ἐς Χρύσην πέμπουσιν, ἄγουσι δὲ δῶρα ἄνακτι·- tḕn mèn gàr sùn nēï̀ thoêi helíkōpes Akhaioì
es Khrúsēn pémpousin, ágousi dè dôra ánakti; - Her, you see, the quick-glancing Achaeans in their swift ship
are escorting to Chryse, and they are bringing gifts for the lord.
- tḕn mèn gàr sùn nēï̀ thoêi helíkōpes Akhaioì
- τὴν μὲν γὰρ σὺν νηῒ θοῇ ἑλίκωπες Ἀχαιοὶ
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 12-13:
- πέμπουσι δ᾽ αὐτὸν καὶ σεβίζουσιν μέγα / κελευθοποιοὶ παῖδες Ἡφαίστου
- Him they escort - and greatly revere - / the roadbuilding children of Hephaestus.
- πέμπουσι δ᾽ αὐτὸν καὶ σεβίζουσιν μέγα / κελευθοποιοὶ παῖδες Ἡφαίστου