ψῡχο-πομπός

ψῡχο-πομπός, ὁ,

A conductor or guide of souls, of Charon, E.Alc. 361; of Hermes, D.S.1.96, Plu.2.758b.

II as Adj.,

ψ. δυνάμεις Porph.Antr.8

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ψῡχο-πομπός, die Seelen der Abgeschiedenen führend, sendend, bes. sie in die Unterwelt hinab und aus derselben herauf führend, dah. gew. Beiwort des Hermes, Führer, Geleiter der Seelen; auch des Charon, der sie überfährt; Geisterbeschwörer

     ψυχοπομπός

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    ведущий души (усопших в царство мертвых)

    

(Ἑρμῆς Diod.; Χάρων Eur.; Ἀπόλλων Plut.)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `handicraftsman' (Att.), δημιοεργός (Od., Hdt.). On the meaning Bader, Composés du type Demioergos. Originally a creator, it designated in the Dorian world a magistrate. Also Palmer, Trans. Philol. Soc. 1954, 18-53.

Dialectal forms: δημιοργός (Ion.), δαμιοργός (Dor., NWGr., Arc., Boeot.), δαμιωργός (Astypal.), δαμιεργός (Astypal., Nisyr.) name of an official.

Derivatives: δημιουργίς, δημιούργιον, δημιουργία, δημιουργικός, δημιουργεῖον; δημιουργέω with δημιούργημα.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [175] * deh₂-mo- `people'

Etymology: From *δημιο-Ϝεργός, from δήμια ἔργα with verbal reinterpretation of the second member after the types ψυχο-πομπός; partly from - Ϝοργός. - Further s. δῆμος.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to send, to dispatch, to guide, to accompany', midd. (mostly w. prefix) also `to send for smn., to fetch smn.'.

Other forms: Aor. πέμψαι, fut. πέμψω (Hom.), aor. pass. πεμφθῆναι (Pi.), perf. πέπομφα (IA.), midd. πέπεμμαι (Att.).

Compounds: Very often w. diff. prefixes, e.g. ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, μετα-, προ-.

Derivatives: 1. πομπή ( ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, προ- a.o.) f. `conduct, escort, procession, pompa' (Il.). 2. πομπός m., also f. `escort, bearer of a message' (Il.), also adj. `guiding, bringing a message' (A., Ael.); from the the prefixcompp. e.g. προπομπ-ός `escort, escortess, guide (m.\/f.), by way of guidance, by way of escort' (A., X.); as 2. member in compp., e.g. ψυχο-πομπ-ός m. `guide of souls' (E.). From 1. or 2. (not always discernable): a. πομπ-αῖος `guiding, leading' (Pi., trag.) ἀπο- πέμπω (LXX, Ph.); b. - ιμος `id.' (Pi., trag.), `sent off' (S.), ἀνα-, δια- πέμπω a.o. (D. S., Luc.); Arbenz 78 a. 89; c. - ικός `belonging to the procession' (X., hell. a. late); d. - ιος `led' (Plot.); e. - ίλος m. name of a fish that accompanies ships, `Naucrates ductor' (Erinna, A. R.; Strömberg Fischnamen 58f., Thompson Fishes s. v.); f. πομπεύω ( προ-, συμ-, ἐπι-, δια-) `to escort, to guide, to partake in a procession' (Il.; also from πομπεύς?, s.bel.); from there πόμπευ-σις, - τής, - τήριος, - τικός; - εῖα pl., - εία f.; prob. also, as backformation, πομπεύς m. `escort, partaker of a procession' (Od., Att., Bosshardt 26f.). -- 3. πέμψις (mostly with ἀπό-, ἔκ-, ἐπι-, μετά- etc.) f. `sending' (IA.). 4. πεμπτήρ m. `escort' (S.Fr. 142 II 10 [lyr.]); προπεμπτήρ-ιος `escorting' (Philostr. VA), ἀπο-, προ-πεμπ-τικός (Men. Rh.); 5. εὑπέμπελος, s.v.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The above system of forms including the nominal formations follows wellknown patterns and makes no archaic impression. Semantically however, the assumption of a loan is not esp. obvious; innovation with Greek elements can also not be demonstrated. So etymol. quite unclear; vain attempts by Fick BB 18, 137 (s. Bq), by v. Windekens Sprache 7, 52f. (to κομψός a. Lith. švánkus). To be rejected also Deroy Ant. class. 32, 439 ff. (referring to the unclear Myc. peqota).

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