ἀγγελία
aggelia
message, tidings
Appears 37 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀγγελία, Ion. and Ep. ἀγγελίη, ἡ, (ἄγγελος) A. message, tidings, as well the substance as the conveyance thereof, Il. 18.17, Od. 2.30, etc.; ἀ. λέγουσα τάδε 2.114; ἀγγελίην φάτο, ἀπόφασθε, ἀπέειπε, Il. 18.17, 9.422, 7.416; φέρειν 15.174; πέμπειν 2.114; ἐσπέμπειν 3.69; τὰς ἀ. ἐσφέρειν 1.114, 3.77:-ἐμὴ ἀ. a report of me, concerning me, Il. 19.337; ἀ. τινός a message about a person or thing, ἀγγελίην πατρὸς φέρει ἐρχομένοιο news of thy fatherʼs coming, Od. 1.408; ἀνέρος αἴθονος ἀ. Aj. 222; ἀ. τῆς Χίου ἀφικνεῖται 8.15; ἦλθε ἀ. τῶν πόλεων ὅτι ἀφεστᾶσι 1.61: ἀ. ἦλθον ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων Cyr. 6.2.14; with Verbs of motion, ἀγγελίην ἐλθεῖν Il. 11.140: Ep. in gen., τευ ἀγγελίης . . ἤλυθες Il. 13.252; ἀγγελίης οἴχνεσκε 15.640; ἤλυθε σεῦ ἕνεκʼ ἀγγελίης (i.e. ἀγγελίης σοῦ ἕνεκα) 3.206; ἀγγελίης πωλεῖται Th. 781:—wrongly expl. by Sch.Il., Lex. as a masc. Subst. ἀγγελίης. 2. announcement, proclamation, P. 2.4: command, order, 448, O. 3.28, cf. Od. 5.150, 7.263. 3. Ἀ. personified as daughter of Hermes, O. 8.82. II. messenger, Ἶρις ἀ. v.l. Th. 781.
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