προπέμπω

propempo

send before, send forward

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 2
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142c3
143b2
Cratylus 1
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440e5
Laws 1
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Book VII 1
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800e3
Menexenus 1
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236d5

Dictionary (LSJ)

προπέμπω, aor. προέπεμψα, contr. προὔπεμψα, A. send before, send forward or forth, πρό μʼ ἔπεμψεν ἄναξ Il. 1.442; εὖτέ μιν εἰς Ἀΐδαο . . προὔπεμψεν 8.367, cf. Od. 17.54, 117, 24.360; π. κήρυκας Hdt. 1.60, cf. 4.33 (Pass.), 121, Th. 1.29, S. El. 1158, etc.; π. πρὸ τοῦ στρατεύματος ἄνδρας X. Cyr. 2.4.23:—Med., ib.5.3.53, An. 7.2.14:—Pass., impers., προπέπεμπται Th. 7.77. b. with a thing for the object, τινὶ φήμας π. S. El. 1155; ξίφος afford, furnish, Id. Ph. 1205 (lyr.); π. ἄχη cause, Id. Ant. 1287 (lyr.). 2. of things, send forth, σποδὸς π. πίονας πλούτου πνοάς A. Ag. 820; ἰοὺς ἀφύκτους καὶ προπέμποντας φόνον S. Ph. 105. II. conduct, escort, esp. a departing traveller, Hdt. 1.111,3.50, S. OC 1667, Antipho 1.16, Thphr. Char. 5.2, etc.; τινὰ ἐς δόμους A. Pers. 530; νύμφην π. X. HG 4.1.9, etc.; π. τινὰ χθονός from the land, E. Hipp. 1099; π. τινὰ μέλεσιν καὶ μολπαῖσιν Ar. Ra. 1525 (anap.); π. τινὰ τοῖς ἵπποις X. An. 7.2.8; τοῖς προπέμπουσι καμήλοις Πολύκαρπον PFlor. 206.2 (iii A. D.); esp. follow a corpse to the grave, τινὰ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ A. Th. 1064 (anap.); Καρικῇ μούσῃ τοὺς τελευτήσαντας Pl. Lg. 800e; τιμὰς π. θεοῖς carry offerings in procession, A. Pers. 622: jocosely, τὸν ἕνα ψωμὸν ἑνὶ ὄψῳ π. let one piece of bread be attended by one condiment, X. Mem. 3.14.6:—Pass., Isoc. 4.148; of a funeral procession, -πεμφθέντες κοινῇ ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως Pl. Mx. 236d; πανδημεὶ προπεμπομένους ἐπὶ θάνατον, of the Minotaurʼs victims, Isoc. 10.27; ὑπὸ ποιητικῆς ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν Plu. 2.37b. 2. pursue, X. HG 7.2.13.

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