ποιμήν

ποιμήν, ένος, ὁ, voc. ποιμήν (not -μέν) Hdn.Gr. 2.717:—

• herdsman, whether of sheep or oxen, Od. 10.82-5, al.; opp. lord or owner (ἄναξ), 4.87.
• • • 2 after Hom. always shepherd, βουκόλοι καὶ π. E. Ba. 714, cf. Cratin. 281, Pl. Tht. 174d, R. 343a, Lg. 735b, etc.; π. προβάτων LXX Ge. 4.2.
  • II metaph., shepherd of the people, regularly of Agamemnon, Ἀγαμέμνονα π. λαῶν Il. 2.243, al.: generally, captain, chief, ib. 85, al., S. Aj. 360 codd. (lyr.); ναῶν ποιμένες A. Supp. 767; λόχων E. Ph. 1140; ὄχων Id. Supp. 674; ποιμένες δώρων Κυπρίας, of the Loves, Pi. N. 8.6: abs., master, lord, πλοῦτος ὁ λαχὼν ποιμένα Id. O. 10(11).88; for A. Ag. 657, v. στρόβος.
  • • 2 in LXX and NT, pastor, teacher, Je. 2.8, Ep.Eph. 4.11, etc. (Cf.Lith. piemuõ, gen.sg. piemeñs ‘shepherd’.)

ποιμήν, ένος, ὁ (mit πατέομαι, pasco, πόα zusammenhangend), der Hirt, insbesondere der Schäfer ; Hom. u. Hes.; als Ggstz von ἄναξ Od. 4.87 ; übh. Lenker, Gebieter der Menschen, bes. ποιμὴν λαῶν, bei Hom. u. Hes. häufiges Beiwort der Fürsten, Hirt der Leute ; ναῶν ποιμένες, Aesch. Suppl. 748, der es auch vom Sturme gebraucht, »der Treiber«, Ag. 643 ; ὄχων, Eur. Suppl. 696 ; λόχων, Valcken Phoen. 1146 ; Soph. Aj. 353, von Fürsten, wo der Schol. es durch ποιμαίνων, θάλπων erklären will. In Prosa herrscht die eigtl. Bdtg vor, ποιμὴν καὶ βουκόλος, Plat. Legg. V.735a ; Polit. 275b ; τῶν ἀρχόντων ὥσπερ ποιμένων πόλεως, Rep. IV.440d ; Plut. u. a.Sp.

ποιμήν

-ένος, ὁ.

• • 1

    A shepherd (in Od. 10.82 app. including herdsman and this sense is possible in all the passages except Il. 5.137, Il. 12.451, Il. 13.493 and Il. 16.354, where the sense shepherd (in Il. 16.354 including goatherd) is required) Il. 3.11, Il. 4.455, Il. 5.137, Il. 8.559, Il. 12.451, Il. 13.493, Il. 16.354, Il. 18.162, Il. 23.835 : Od. 4.87 Od. 10.82.

  • 2

    Of kings and chiefs, π. λαῶν, shepherd of the host. Applied to AgamemnonIl. 2.243, 254, 772= Il. 7.230, Il. 4.413, Il. 10.3, Il. 11.187, 202, Il. 14.22, Il. 19.35, 251, Il. 24.654 : Od. 3.156, Od. 4.532, Od. 14.497.

    To Menelaus Il. 5.566, 570: Od. 4.24.

    To Nestor Il. 2.85, Il. 10.73, Il. 23.411 : Od. 3.469, Od. 15.151, Od. 17.109.

    To Atreus Il. 2.105.

    To Aeneas Il. 5.513, Il. 20.110.

    To Glaucus Il. 6.214.

    To Hector Il. 10.406, Il. 14.423, Il. 15.262, Il. 22.277.

    To Diomedes Il. 11.370, Il. 23.389.

    To Machaon Il. 11.506, 598, 651.

    To Achilles Il. 16.2, Il. 19.386.

    To Aegisthus Od. 4.528.

    To Odysseus Od. 18.70, Od. 20.106.

    To Laertes Od. 24.368.

    To Mentor Od. 24.456.

    To various minor heroes Il. 1.263, Il. 4.296, Il. 5.144, Il. 7.469, Il. 9.81, Il. 11.92, 578, 842, Il. 13.411, 600, Il. 14.516, Il. 17.348.

ποιμήν

• 1shepherd met. πλοῦτος ὁ λαχὼν ποιμένα ἐπακτὸν ἀλλότριον O. 10.88 (ἔρωτες) οἶοι καὶ Διὸς Αἰγίνας τε λέκτρον ποιμένες ἀμφεπόλησαν Κυπρίας δώρων N. 8.6

ποιμήν , ένος (πῶυ): shepherd; fig., λᾱῶν, ‘shepherd of the people,’ said of rulers.

ποιμήν, ένος,

• • Ivoc. ποιμήν, a herdsman or shepherd, Hom.: after Hom. always a shepherd, Eur., Plat., etc.
  • IImetaph. a shepherd of the people, of Agamemnon, Hom., etc.; generally, a captain, chief, Soph., Eur. deriv. uncertain