ἀπόστολος
ὁ
A.
messenger, ambassador, envoy, ὁ μὲν δὴ ἀ. ἐς τὴν Μίλητον ἦν Hdt. 1.21; ἐς Λακεδαίμονα τριήρεϊ ἀ. ἐγίνετο he went off on a mission to Laced., Id. 5.38.
b.
commander of a naval force, Hsch.
2.
messenger from God, LXX 3 Ki. 14.6; esp. of the Apostles, Ev.Matt. 10.2, al.
II.
= στόλος, naval squadron or expedition, Lys. 19.21; ἀπόστολον ἀφιέναι, ἀποστέλλειν, ποιεῖσθαι, D. 3.5, 18.80,107, IG 2.809b190.
2.
colony, D.H. 9.59.
3.
= ἀποστολή, of envoys, J. AJ 17.11.1.
4.
ἀπόστολον,τό, with or without πλοῖον, packet, Pl. Ep. 346a, Ps.-Hdt. Vit.Hom. 19.
5.
ἀπόστολος,ὁ, order for dispatch, of a vessel, CPHerm. 6.11 (iii A.D., pl.), PAmh. 2.138.10 (iv A.D.), cf. Dig. 49.6.1.
6.
export-licence, PGnom. 162 (ii A.D.).
7.
gen. dub., cargo dispatched by order, POxy. 522.1,al. (ii A.D.), PTeb. 486 (ii/iii A.D.).