ἄγγελος, ὁ, ἡ,
messenger, envoy, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] — proverbial, Ἀράβιος ἄ., of a loquacious person, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 generally,
one that announces or
tells, e.g. of birds of augury, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Μουσῶν ἄγγελος, of a poet, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἄφθογγος, of a beacon, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; of the nightingale, ὄρνις.. Διὸς ἄ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3 angel, [
LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]
4 in later philosophical,
semi-divine being, ἡλιακοὶ ἄ.[
Refs 4th c.AD+]
in R.2.243 K.; ἄ. καὶ ἀρχάγγελοι[
Refs 5th c.AD+]: also in mystical and magical writings, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II title of Artemis at Syracuse, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
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