πομπός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formed from Ancient Greek πέμπω (pémpō, “send, conduct”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pom.pós/ → /pomˈpos/ → /pomˈbos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pom.pós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pomˈpos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pomˈpos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pomˈpos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pomˈbos/

Noun

πομπός • (pompós) m (genitive πομποῦ); second declension

1. conductor, guide
2. attendant, guard

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πομπός; τοῦ πομποῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πομπός ho pompós	τὼ πομπώ tṑ pompṓ	οἱ πομποί hoi pompoí
Genitive	τοῦ πομποῦ toû pompoû	τοῖν πομποῖν toîn pompoîn	τῶν πομπῶν tôn pompôn
Dative	τῷ πομπῷ tôi pompôi	τοῖν πομποῖν toîn pompoîn	τοῖς πομποῖς toîs pompoîs
Accusative	τὸν πομπόν tòn pompón	τὼ πομπώ tṑ pompṓ	τοὺς πομπούς toùs pompoús
Vocative	πομπέ pompé	πομπώ pompṓ	πομποί pompoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱεροπομπός (hieropompós)
• ψῡχοπομπός (psūkhopompós)

 

References

• “πομπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πομπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πομπός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πομπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πομπός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • courier idem, page 178.
  • emissary idem, page 268.
  • envoy idem, page 279.
  • escort idem, page 282.
  • forerunner idem, page 337.
  • guide idem, page 378.
  • harbinger idem, page 385.
  • herald idem, page 397.
  • messenger idem, page 527.
  • sender idem, page 751.

Greek

Noun

πομπός • (pompós) m (plural πομποί)

1. (electricity) transmitter (radio, etc)

Declension

Declension of πομπός

	singular	plural
nominative	πομπός •	πομποί •
genitive	πομπού •	πομπών •
accusative	πομπό •	πομπούς •
vocative	πομπέ •	πομποί •

Further reading

• πομπός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el