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  "headword": "πρεσβεύω",
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        "quote": "πεπρέσβευκα",
        "ref": "Ar. Ach. 610",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "ἐπρεσβευσάμην",
        "ref": "Th. 1.92",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>to be the elder</i> or <i>eldest,</i> S. OC 1422; οἱ ἀεὶ πρεσβεύοντες Pl. Lg. 951e: c. gen. pers., <i>to be older than, be the eldest of</i> a number, τῶν προτέρων ἐπρέσβευε Hdt. 7.2; π. τῶν ἄλλων κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν Timae. 114; π. ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ <i>to be</i> his <i>eldest</i> son, Th. 6.55; of wine, πολλαῖς π. ἐτέων . . ὥραις Archestr. Fr. 60.2; π. τοῖς χρόνοις τὰ ἡρωικά Ath. 1.19a: hence,",
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                        "quote": "οἱ ἀεὶ πρεσβεύοντες",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 951e",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115893",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῶν προτέρων ἐπρέσβευε",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 7.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.2"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. τῶν ἄλλων κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν",
                        "ref": "Timae. 114",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1733.tlg001.perseus-grc2:114"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115895",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πολλαῖς π. ἐτέων . . ὥραις",
                        "ref": "Archestr. Fr. 60.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1175.tlg001.perseus-grc2:60.2"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. τοῖς χρόνοις τὰ ἡρωικά",
                        "ref": "Ath. 1.19a",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>take the first place, be best,</i> S. Ant. 720; οἷσι πρεσβεύει γένος, of the male sex, E. Heracl. 45.",
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                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>rank before, take precedence of</i> others, π. τῶν πολλῶν πόλεων Pl. Lg. 752e: hence, <i>rule over,</i> Ὀλύμπου π. S. Aj. 1389; Ἴναχε . . μέγα πρεσβεύων Ἄργους γύαις Id. Fr. 270 (anap.); also, <i>have at oneʼs command</i> or <i>disposal,</i> c. gen., καὶ εἰ ( καὶ σὺ Kaibel) τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ πρεσβεύεις Ath. 8.352d.",
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                            "quote": "π. τῶν πολλῶν πόλεων",
                            "ref": "Pl. Lg. 752e",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115898",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "Ὀλύμπου π.",
                            "ref": "S. Aj. 1389",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1389"
                          }
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                            "quote": "Ἴναχε . . μέγα πρεσβεύων Ἄργους γύαις",
                            "ref": "Id. Fr. 270",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:270"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115900",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ πρεσβεύεις",
                            "ref": "Ath. 8.352d",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>place as oldest</i> or <i>first, put first in rank,</i> πρῶτον . . πρεσβεύω θεῶν Γαῖαν A. Eu. 1: hence, <i>pay special honour</i> or <i>worship to,</i> πρῶτον τόνδε πρεσβεύσω τάφον Id. Ch. 488, cf. S. Tr. 1065, Pl. Smp. 186b; joined with τιμῶ Id. Cri. 46c; τὰ δίκαια πρὸ παντὸς ἰδίου συμφέροντος Plu. Luc. 3, cf. Arr. An. 6.30.3:— Pass., <i>hold the first place,</i> Παλλὰς . . ἐν λόγοις π. A. Eu. 21; ὁ δʼ ὕστατός γε τοῦ χρόνου π. <i>is first</i> in point of time, Id. Ag. 1300: c. gen., κακῶν πρεσβεύεται τὸ Λήμνιον <i>is most notable</i> of mischiefs, Id. Ch. 631 (lyr.); τὸ πρεσβύτερον τοῦ νεωτέρου ἐστὶ πρεσβευόμενον is <i>more honoured than . . ,</i> Pl. Lg. 879b.",
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                        "quote": "πρῶτον . . πρεσβεύω θεῶν Γαῖαν",
                        "ref": "A. Eu. 1",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρῶτον τόνδε πρεσβεύσω τάφον",
                        "ref": "Id. Ch. 488",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:488"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ δίκαια πρὸ παντὸς ἰδίου συμφέροντος",
                        "ref": "Plu. Luc. 3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg036.perseus-grc2:3"
                      }
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Παλλὰς . . ἐν λόγοις π.",
                        "ref": "A. Eu. 21",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>cultivate</i> arts, etc., διαλεκτικόν, τὸ . . τοὺς λόγους πρεσβεῦον D.L. 1.18; π. παρὰ Ῥοδίοις ἃ μήπω ἐγίγνωσκον Philostr. VS 1 Praef.; πόλις ὄρχησιν μάλιστα πρεσβεύουσα Luc. Salt. 76.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "διαλεκτικόν, τὸ . . τοὺς λόγους πρεσβεῦον",
                            "ref": "D.L. 1.18",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.18"
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                            "quote": "π. παρὰ Ῥοδίοις ἃ μήπω ἐγίγνωσκον",
                            "ref": "Philostr. VS 1 Praef.",
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                            "quote": "πόλις ὄρχησιν μάλιστα πρεσβεύουσα",
                            "ref": "Luc. Salt. 76",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg045.perseus-grc2:76"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>to be an ambassador</i> or <i>serve as one,</i> IG 1(2).135.5; ἀπὸ Κορίνθου Hdt. 5.93; εἰς Θετταλίαν And. 4.41; παρά or πρός τινα, Pl. Chrm. 158a, X. Cyr. 5.1.3; τινος <i>for</i> one, E. Heracl. 479: abs., Ar. Ach. 610, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἃς ἐπρέσβευσεν [εἰς Θήβας] πρεσβείας Din. 1.16.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀπὸ Κορίνθου",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 5.93",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰς Θετταλίαν",
                    "ref": "And. 4.41",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc2:41"
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                    "quote": "ἃς ἐπρέσβευσεν [εἰς Θήβας] πρεσβείας",
                    "ref": "Din. 1.16",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>act as legatus,</i> Plu. Sull. 4.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "π. εἰρήνην <i>negotiate</i> peace, And. 3.23, Isoc. 4.177, D. 19.134, etc.; π. ὑπὲρ τουτωνὶ τὰ βέλτιστα ib. 189; π. πολλὰ καὶ δεινά ibid.:— Pass., τὰ αὑτῷ πεπρεσβευμένα his <i>negotiations,</i> ib. 20; πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ πεπρεσβεῦσθαι ib. 240.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "Med., <i>send ambassadors,</i> ἐς χωρία, ἐς τὴν Θουρίαν, Th. 2.7, 6.104; πρεσβεύεσθαι παρά τινας Id. 4.41, etc.; πρός τινας Id. 1.126; ἐς Λακεδαίμονα περὶ καθόδου Id. 3.85.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρεσβεύεσθαι παρά τινας",
                        "ref": "Id. 4.41",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρός τινας",
                        "ref": "Id. 1.126",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐς Λακεδαίμονα περὶ καθόδου",
                        "ref": "Id. 3.85",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.85"
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>go as ambassador,</i> Id. 5.39.",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>represent, urge, maintain,</i> Luc. Pisc. 23; [ δόγματα] Gal. 6.753; τὴν ὄψιν κατὰ εἰσδοχὴν π. Olymp. in Mete. 5.6: c. inf., κατὰ ἐκπομπὴν εἶναι τὴν ὄψιν ib. 10.",
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                    "quote": "τὴν ὄψιν κατὰ εἰσδοχὴν π.",
                    "ref": "Olymp. in Mete. 5.6",
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