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πομπ-ή , , (πέμπω)
b. concrete, an escort,ὑπ᾽ εὔφρονι πομπᾷId.Eu.1034 (lyr.).
3. mission, θεοῦ τινος πομπῇ sent by . . , of a dream, Hdt.7.16.β́, cf. Pl.R.383a; κατὰ σημείων πομπάς ib.382e: simply, sending,ξύλωνTh.4.108.
II. solemn procession,Διονύσῳ πομπὴν ἐποιοῦντοHeraclit.15; “ὑπὸ πομπῆςin procession, Hdt.2.45; “σὺν πομπῇId.7.197; “πομπὴν πέμπεινId.5.56, Ar.Av.849, Th.6.56; τὰς π. πεμπειν, πομπεῦσαι D.4.26, IG22.1028.14; τῆς π., ὅπως ἂν ὡς κάλλιστα πεμφθῇ ib.12.84.26; τινι in honour of a god, Ar.Ach.248; μήλων κνισάεσσα πομπά the flesh of sheep for sacrifice carried in procession, Pi.O.7.80.
b. at Rome, triumphal procession, Plb.6.39.9, etc.: generally, τείνειν π. lead a long procession, of a military expedition, A.Th.613.
2. metaph., pomp, parade,π. καὶ ῥημάτων ἀγλαϊσμόςPl.Ax.369d.
3. personified, on a vase, AJA30.424.
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