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1 πρεσβέος
πρεσβεύςambassador: masc gen sg (epic ionic) -
2 πρέσβεος
πρέσβιςambassador: fem gen sg (attic epic)πρέσβοςobject of reverence: neut gen sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)πρέσβυςold man: masc gen sg (epic) -
3 πρέσβυς
A , Ar.Th. 146:— old man (poet. for prose πρεσβύτης), in this sense only used in nom., acc., and voc.,ὁ π. Πόλυβος S.OT 941
;Φοῖνιξ ὁ π. Id.Ph. 562
;δριμὺς π. Ar.Av. 255
(lyr.);πατέρά πρές βυν S.Ph. 665
; , 1121;ὦ πρέσβυ E.
l. c., Ar. l. c.;ὁ π.
the elder,A.
Ag. 184 (lyr.), 205 (lyr.), 530; cf. πρέσβα, πρέσβειρα, πρεσβηΐς, πρέσβις: pl. πρέσβεις, elders, three times in Trag., always voc. (v. infr. 111), A. Pers. 840, S.OT 1111, E.HF 247; for πρεσβῆ, πρεσβῆες, πρισγεῖες, v. πρεσβεύς: [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. are the only forms found in Hom., [comp] Comp. πρεσβύτερος, α, ον (lateπρεσβυτερωτέρα PLond.2.177.15
(i A. D.)), elder, Il.11.787, 15.204, Hdt.2.2, etc.; πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ by more than a year, Ar.Ra.18; πρεσβυτέρα ἀριθμοῦ older than the fit number, Pi. Fr. 127; βουλαὶ πρεσβύτεραι thy counsels wise beyond thy years, Id.P.2.65;γνώμη π. τῆς ἡλικίας D.H.5.30
;οἱ σοφοὶ καὶ π. Arist.EE 1215a23
; of animals, Id.HA 546a7;ἵππος π. ἤδη ὤν
rather old,PCair.Zen.
225.8 (iii B. C.); alsoδένδρα π. Thphr.CP1.13.8
; ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἰέναι become older, Pl.Lg. 631e;ἵνα μὴ π. ὢν ῥέμβωμαι
in my old age, PCair. Zen.447.9
(iii B. C.): [comp] Sup. πρεσβύτατος, η, ον, eldest, Il.4.59, 11.740, Hes.Th. 234, etc.;π. γενεῇ Il.6.24
; as a term of respect,ἐγὼ παλαιότατός εἰμι σὺ δὲ π. Plu.Nic.15
; of animals, Arist.HA 546a4, al.: for the poet. forms πρέσβιστος, πρεσβίστατος, v. πρέσβιστος, and cf. πρεῖγυς.2 [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup., of things, more or most important, taking precedence, esp. πρεσβύτερόν τι (or οὐδὲν) ἔχειν deem higher, more important, ; (lyr.);ἐμοὶ οὐδέν ἐστι πρεσβύτερον τοῦ.. Pl.Smp. 218d
;πρεσβύτατον κρἰναί τι Th. 4.61
; merely of magnitude, πρεσβύτερον κακοῦ κακόν one evil greater thananother, S.OT 1365 (lyr.);χρεῶν πάντων πρεσβύτατα Pl.Lg. 717b
. Adv., , cf. Jul. Or.4.132c.II = πρεσβευτής, ambassador, in nom. sg. only cj. in A. Supp. 727 (v. πρέσβη) and in Prov. ap. Sch.Il.4.394 (v. πρέσβις (A)); gen.πρέσβεως Ar.Ach.93
(at end of line);πρέσβεος Choerob. in Theod. 1.233
: dual πρέσβει (written πρεσβε) IG12(1).977.45,57 (Carpathos, iv B. C.): pl. πρέσβεις, [dialect] Dor. un[var] contr. πρέσβεες ib.14.952.11 (Acragas, iii B. C.) (at first more freq. than πρεσβευταί (q. v.)), Ar.Ach.61, IG12.52.1, 22.1.20, al., D.19.183; acc.πρέσβεις IG12.46.24
, Foed. ap. Th.4.118, X.HG4.8.13; gen. πρέσβεων, dat. πρέσβεσι, Ar.Ach.76,62, IG22.1.7.III at Sparta a political title, president, τῶν ἐφόρων ib.5(1).51.6, 552.11; νομοφυλάκων ib.555b19; βιδέων ib.556.6; συναρχίας ib.504.16; τῆς φυλῆς ib.564.3; [ σφαιρέων] ib.675.5; gen. sg. πρέσβεως ib. 504.16, al.2 [comp] Comp. πρεσβύτερος, elder, alderman, (ii A. D., pl.), cf. POxy.2121.4 (iii A. D.), etc.;ἐκρίθημεν ἐπί τε Νουμηνίου καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν π. PCair.Zen.520.4
(iii B. C.), cf. UPZ124.22, 36 (ii B. C.); τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ ( both)τοῖς π. καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσι OGI194.3
(Egypt, i B. C.); οἱ π. τῶν ὀλυροκόπων ib.729 (Alexandria, iii B. C.);π. τῶν γεωργῶν PTeb.13.5
(ii B. C.);π. γέρδιοι IGRom.1.1122
(Theadelphia, ii A. D.); τέκτονες π. ib.1155 (Ptolemaïs Hermiu, i A. D.): elder of the Jewish Sanhedrin, Ev.Matt.16.21, etc.; later, elder of the Christian Church, presbyter, Act.Ap.11.30, 20.17, 1 Ep.Ti.5.19, POxy.1162.1 (iv A. D.), etc.; of the Apostles, 2 Ep.Jo.1.1, 3 Ep.Jo.1.1.IV wren, Arist.HA 609a17, 615a19, Hsch.; cf. σπέργυς. (-βυ-, Cret. - γυ- (in πρεῖγυς), cogn. with Skt. -gu in vanar-gú- 'one who lives or moves in the forest', Lith. žmogùs 'man' (lit. 'one who moves on the ground'); πρες- cogn. with Lat.prae, pris-tinus; the oldest sense of π. is 'going in front, taking precedence'.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πρέσβυς
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πρεσβέος — πρεσβεύς ambassador masc gen sg (epic ionic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
πρέσβεος — πρέσβις ambassador fem gen sg (attic epic) πρέσβος object of reverence neut gen sg (epic doric ionic aeolic) πρέσβυς old man masc gen sg (epic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
