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Liddell & Scott Intermediate Lexicon

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[I] to send, despatch, Il., etc.; of a ship, to convey, carry, Od.; c. dupl. acc., hodon p. tina to conduct one on his way Soph.

[II] to send forth or away, dismiss, like apopempô, to send home, Hom.; chrê xeinon pareonta philein, ethelonta de pempein, "welcome the coming, speed the parting guest, " Od.

[2] of missiles, to discharge, shoot forth, Hes.

[3] of words, to send forth, utter, Aesch., Soph.

[III] to conduct, convoy, escort, Lat. deduco, Hom., etc.; ho pempôn absol., of Hermes, Soph.:mdash; pompên pempein to conduct a procession, Hdt., Thuc.; p. chorous Eur., Xen.: in Pass., pempesthai dionusôi to be carried in procession in his honour, Hdt.

[IV] to send with one, give as provision for a journey, Od., Hdt., etc.

[V] like anapempô, to send up, produce, Soph.

[B] in Mid., pempesthai tina, = metapempesthai, to send for one, Soph., Eur.

[II] to send for oneself, to send in one's own service or cause some one to be sent, Soph.