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ἀπόστολος

ἀπόστολος, a messenger, envoy; a naval squadron, an expedition

ἀπόστολ-ος, ὁ,
  • 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.).

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