Πέμπειν
to process
Translated by David Whitehead4 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to take part in a procession. Menander in Suppositious [sc. Child] or Rustic [writes]: "when you were processing through the agora at the lesser Panathenaia, Moschion, the mother of the girl saw you on a chariot."1 Also [sc. attested is] 'they having processed' [pe/myantes ], meaning they having taken part in a procession, in Thucydides.2
Also [sc. attested is the middle voice]pe/mpomai ["I send for"]; [used] with an accusative.
Also [sc. attested is the middle voice]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πέμπειν· τὸ πομπεύειν. Μένανδρος Ὑποβολιμαίῳ ἢ Ἀγροίκῳ· μικρὰ Παναθήναια ἐπεὶ δι' ἀγορᾶς πέμποντά σε, Μοσχίων, μήτηρ ἑώρα τῆς κόρης ἐφ' ἅρματος. καὶ πέμψαντες, τὸ πομπεύσαντες, παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ. καὶ Πέμπομαι· αἰτιατικῇ.
Betacode
*pe/mpein: to\ pompeu/ein. *me/nandros *(upobolimai/w| h)\ *)agroi/kw|: mikra\ *panaqh/naia e)pei\ di' a)gora=s pe/mponta/ se, *mosxi/wn, mh/thr e(w/ra th=s ko/rhs e)f' a(/rmatos. kai\ pe/myantes, to\ pompeu/santes, para\ *qoukudi/dh|. kai\ *pe/mpomai: ai)tiatikh=|.
Notes (2)
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi567 Theodoridis.
- 1Menander fr. 494 Kock (384 K.-A.). ↩
- 2Thucydides 6.56.2 (where the mss actually have accusative
pe/myantas or, better,pe/myontas ). ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead