ψυχοπομπός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”).

Adjective

ψυχοπομπός • (psukhopompós) m or f (neuter ψυχοπομπόν); second declension

soul-guiding, -conducting

Noun

ψυχοπομπός • (psukhopompós) m (genitive ψυχοπομποῦ); second declension

guide or conductor of souls (Charon)

References

ψυχοπομπός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ψυχοπομπός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ψυχοπομπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conducting idem, page 157.

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