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πομπεῖον

πομπεῖον, any vessel employed in solemn processions

πομπ-εῖον, τό, (πομπή)
  • vessel employed in solemn processions, mostly pl., And. 4.29, D. 22.48, 69; πομπείων ἐπιστάται IG 1(2).379.7, cf. Philoch. 124; at Rome, the apparatus of a triumph, D.C. 43.42; πομπεία σκευή is dub. (leg. πομπεῖα [σκεύη]) in D.S. 12.40: sg., of a wax bust of Cleopatra carried in triumph, D.C. 51.21; πομπείου τυχεῖν to have oneʼs image carried in procession, Aristid. 2.38J.
    • II at Athens, storehouse where such vessels were kept, D. 34.39, D.L. 2.43, 6.22.

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