πρέσβυς — Anabasis Mather

πρέσβυς -εως, ὁ [bor., Eng. priest, Presbyterian], old, poetic; its prose use as an adj. is confined to the comp. and sup., πρεσβύτερος, older, elder, πρεσβύτατος, oldest, eldest. As subst., in prose only in the pl., elders, esp. ambassadors, who were usually old men.

ShortDef

an old man; pl. ambassadors

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1992

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-1994

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pre/sbus

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