πέμπω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πέμπω • (pémpō)

  1. to send, dispatch
    1. (with accusative of place)
    2. (with adverbs)
    3. (with infinitive of purpose)
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.575–576:
        οἱ δ’ ἅμ’ Ἀχιλλῆϊ ῥηξήνορι πέμπον ἕπεσθαι
        Ἴλιον εἰς εὔπωλον
        hoi d’ hám’ Akhillêï rhēxḗnori pémpon hépesthai
        Ílion eis eúpōlon
        They dispatched [him] alongside Achilles, breaker of ranks, to accompany [him]
        to Ilion, abounding in foals
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.8
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.396
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.419
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 406
    4. to nominate
  2. to send forth; to dismiss
    1. to discharge, shoot
    2. (of words) to utter
  3. to conduct, escort
    1. (with πομπήν (pompḗn)) to conduct or take part in (a procession)
  4. to send as a gift
  5. to produce
  6. (middle voice) to send for
  7. (middle voice) to send in one's service; to cause to be sent

Inflection

Derived terms

  • εὐπέμφελος (eupémphelos)
  • πεμπτέος (pemptéos)
  • πεμπτήρ (pemptḗr)
  • πεμπτός (pemptós)
  • πέμψῐς (pémpsis)
  • πομπή (pompḗ)
  • πομπός (pompós)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέμπω.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpem.bo/
  • Hyphenation: πέ‧μπω
  • Hyphenation: πέμ‧πω

Verb

πέμπω • (pémpo) active (past έπεμψα, passive πέμπομαι)

  1. (formal) to send
    Synonym: στέλνω (stélno)

Usage notes

  • Ancient verb, chiefly found in compounds.

Conjugation

Compounds (& see their derivatives)

Other:

  • αποδιοπομπαίος (apodiopompaíos, outcast)
  • αυτοκινητοπομπή f (aftokinitopompí)
  • διαπόμπευση f (diapómpefsi)
  • διαπομπεύω (diapompévo)
  • εφοδιοπομπή f (efodiopompí)
  • θερμοπομπός m (thermopompós)
  • νεκροπομπός m (nekropompós)
  • νηοπομπή f (niopompí)
  • πόμπευμα n (pómpevma)
  • πομπεύω (pompévo)
  • πομπή f (pompí, procession)
  • πομπικός (pompikós)
  • πομποδέκτης m (pompodéktis)
  • πομπός m (pompós, transmitter)
  • πομπώδης (pompódis)
  • προπομπός m (propompós, forerunner)
  • ραδιοπομπός m (radiopompós)
  • ψυχοπομπός m (psychopompós, soul-guiding)
  • θεόπεμπτος (theópemptos, godsent)
  • ουρανόπεμπτος (ouranópemptos)
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