πομπός

A. conductor, escort, guide, Il. 13.416, 24.153,182, Od. 4.162, Hdt. 1.121,122; epith. of Hermes (cf. πομπαῖος), A. Pers. 626 (anap.), S. OC 1548; πομποί attendants, guards, ib.723: fem. πομπός,ἡ, conductress, Od. 4.826.

2. c. gen. rei, τῆσδε προστροπῆς π. conveyor, carrier of these suppliant offerings, A. Ch. 86; π. ἴσθι τῶν ἐσθλῶν ἄνω (for πέμπε τὰ ἐσθλά) ib.147.

3. messenger, envoy, S. OT 289, OC 70, Tr. 617.

II. as Adj., π. ἀρχαί conducting chiefs, A. Ag. 124 (lyr.); π. [ἄνεμος] Ael. NA 3.13; πῦρ π. signal, beacon fire, A. Ag. 299.