ποιμαίνω
ποιμαίνω, to be shepherd
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ποιμαίνοντʼ present active indicative 3rd plural, present active participle masculine accusative singular, present active participle masculine dative singular, present active participle neuter dative singular, present active participle neuter nominative plural, present active participle neuter vocative plural, present active participle neuter accusative plural, present active participle masculine nominative dual, present active participle masculine vocative dual, present active participle masculine accusative dual, present active participle neuter nominative dual, present active participle neuter vocative dual, present active participle neuter accusative dual, present middle-passive indicative 3rd plural, imperfect middle-passive indicative 3rd plural of ποιμαίνω
- herd, tend, μῆλα Od. l.c.; ἄρνας Hes. Th. 23; ποίμνας E. Cyc. 26, A.R. 2.1004; πρόβατα v.l. in Pl. R. 345c; ποιμαίνειν ἐπʼ ὄεσσι to be shepherd over sheep, Il. 6.25, 11.106: abs., act as shepherd, tend flocks, Lys. 20.11, Pl. Tht. 174d, Theoc. 11.65; ἐν τοῖς ἄλσεσιν μὴ π. SIG 986.3 (Chios, v/iv B.C.):—Pass., to be herded, roam the pastures, of flocks, Il. 11.245, E. Alc. 579 (lyr.): metaph., ἀτρεκέων ποιμαίνεται ἔθνος ὀνείρων Mosch. 2.5 (unless Med., with ὕπνος (l. 3) as subject).
- 2 πᾶς πεποίμανται τόπος every country has been traversed (as by a shepherd or flocks of sheep), A. Eu. 249.
- II metaph., tend, cherish, ζωᾶς ἄωτον Pi. I. 5(4).12; ἱκέτην A. Eu. 91; τὸ σῶμα Pl. Ly. 209a; θεσμόν AP 12.99.
- 2 guide, govern, στρατόν E. Fr. 744; μάλα καὶ κατόπιν ἡμᾶς ἐποίμαινον αὖραι Luc. Am. 6.
- 3 soothe, beguile, ἔρωτα π. Theoc. 11.80; ὀνομάτων κομψεύμασι τοὺς ἀμαθεῖς π. Luc. Am. 54: hence, generally, deceive, E. Hipp. 153 (lyr., cod. M and Sch. for πημαίνει).
- 4 εἴδωλα ἃ ποιμαίνουσιν images which they send flocking, i.e. represent as flocking, Plu. Def.orac. 2.420b.
1. hoeden, weiden:
2. overdr. onder zijn hoede nemen, verzorgen:
[ποιμήν.]
3 sing. pa. iterative ποιμαίνεσκε Od. 9.188.
To tend (a flock) : μῆλα Od. 9.188.
Absol., to tend one’s flock, act as shepherd : ποιμαίνων (ποιμαίνοντʼ) ἐπʼ ὄεσσιν Il. 6.25, Il. 11.106.
In pass., of flocks, to roam the pastures : αἶγας καὶ ὄϊς, τά οἱ ἄσπετα ποιμαίνοντο Il. 11.245.
- 1tend met., cherish τὰ μὲν ἁμετέρα γλῶσσα ποιμαίνειν ἐθέλει O. 11.9 δύο δέ τοι ζωᾶς ἄωτον μοῦνα ποιμαίνοντι τὸν ἄλπνιστον, εὐανθεῖ σὺν ὄλβῳ εἴ τις εὖ πάσχων λόγον ἐσλὸν ἀκούῃ (sic distinxit Hartung, post ὄλβῳ edd. plerique) I. 5.12
- Ito be shepherd, ἐπʼ ὄεσσι over the sheep, Il.: c. acc. to tend a flock, Od., Eur., etc.; absol., Theocr.:—Pass., like νέμομαι, to roam the pastures, of flocks, Il., Eur.
- 2in Aesch., πᾶς πεποίμανται τόπος every place has been traversed (as by a shepherd seeking after stray sheep).
- IImetaph. to tend, cherish, mind, Pind., Aesch.
- 2like βουκολέω, to beguile, Theocr.: generally, to deceive, Eur.