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  "headword": "πρέσβυς",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πρέσβῠ",
        "ref": "E. Or. 476",
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          "definition": "<i>old man</i> (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.); πατέρα πρέσβυν S. Ph. 665; πρέσβυ Id. OT 1013, 1121; ὦ πρέσβυ E. l.c., Ar. l.c.; ὁ π. <i>the elder,</i> A. Ag. 184 (lyr.), 205 (lyr.), 530; cf. πρέσβα, πρέσβειρα, πρεσβηΐς, πρέσβις: pl. πρέσβεις, <i>elders,</i> three times in Trag., always voc. (v. infr. III), A. Pers. 840, S. OT 1111, E. HF 247; for πρεσβῆ, πρεσβῆες, πρισγεῖες, v. πρεσβεύς: Comp. and Sup. are the only forms found in Hom., Comp. πρεσβύτερος, α, ον (late πρεσβυτερωτέρα PLond. 2.177.15 (i A. D.)), <i>elder,</i> Il. 11.787, 15.204, Hdt. 2.2, etc.; πλεῖν ἢ ʼνιαυτῷ by more than a year, Ar. Ra. 18; πρεσβυτέρα ἀριθμοῦ <i>older</i> than the fit number, Pi. Fr. 127; βουλαὶ πρεσβύτεραι thy counsels <i>wise beyond thy years,</i> 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 <i>rather old,</i> PCair.Zen. 225.8 (iii B. C.); also δένδρα π. Thphr. CP 1.13.8; ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἰέναι become <i>older,</i> Pl. Lg. 631e; ἵνα μὴ π. ὢν ῥέμβωμαι <i>in my old age,</i> PCair.Zen. 447:9 (iii B. C.): Sup. πρεσβύτατος, η, ον, <i>eldest,</i> 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.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὁ π. Πόλυβος",
                "ref": "S. OT 941",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "Φοῖνιξ ὁ π.",
                "ref": "Id. Ph. 562",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:562"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "δριμὺς π.",
                "ref": "Ar. Av. 255",
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            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πατέρα πρέσβυν",
                "ref": "S. Ph. 665",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πρέσβυ",
                "ref": "Id. OT 1013",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὦ πρέσβυ",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὁ π.",
                "ref": "A. Ag. 184",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πρεσβυτερωτέρα",
                "ref": "PLond. 2.177.15",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "γνώμη π. τῆς ἡλικίας",
                "ref": "D.H. 5.30",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.30"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "οἱ σοφοὶ καὶ π.",
                "ref": "Arist. EE 1215a23",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg009:1215a.perseus-grc2.23"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἵππος π. ἤδη ὤν",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "δένδρα π.",
                "ref": "Thphr. CP 1.13.8",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:1.13.perseus-grc2.8"
              }
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἵνα μὴ π. ὢν ῥέμβωμαι",
                "ref": "PCair.Zen. 447:9",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Cair.Zen.:447.perseus-grc2.9"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115933",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. γενεῇ",
                "ref": "Il. 6.24",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.24"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115934",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐγὼ παλαιότατός εἰμι σὺ δὲ π.",
                "ref": "Plu. Nic. 15",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg038.perseus-grc2:15"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Comp. and Sup., of things, <i>more</i> or <i>most important, taking precedence,</i> esp. πρεσβύτερόν τι (or οὐδὲν) ἔχειν deem <i>higher, more important,</i> τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πρεσβύτερα ἐποιεῦντο ἢ τὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν Hdt. 5.63; οὐδὲν πρεσβύτερον νομίζω τᾶς σωφροσύνας E. Fr. 959 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ οὐδέν ἐστι πρεσβύτερον τοῦ . . Pl. Smp. 218d; πρεσβύτατον κρἰναί τι Th. 4.61; merely of magnitude, πρεσβύτερον κακοῦ κακόν one evil <i>greater than</i> another, S. OT 1365 (lyr.); χρεῶν πάντων πρεσβύτατα Pl. Lg. 717b. Adv., -τέρωσγυμναστικὴν μουσικῆς τετιμηκέναι Id. R. 548c, cf. Jul. Or. 4.132c.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πρεσβύτερα ἐποιεῦντο ἢ τὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 5.63",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115936",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐδὲν πρεσβύτερον νομίζω τᾶς σωφροσύνας",
                        "ref": "E. Fr. 959",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:959"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115937",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐμοὶ οὐδέν ἐστι πρεσβύτερον τοῦ . .",
                        "ref": "Pl. Smp. 218d",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115938",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρεσβύτατον κρἰναί τι",
                        "ref": "Th. 4.61",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.61"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115939",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χρεῶν πάντων πρεσβύτατα",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 717b",
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                        "quote": "-τέρωσγυμναστικὴν μουσικῆς τετιμηκέναι",
                        "ref": "Id. R. 548c",
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            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>ambassador,</i> 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) IG 12(1).977.45,57 ( Carpathos, iv B. C.): pl. πρέσβεις, Dor. un contr. πρέσβεες ib. 14.952.11 ( Acragas, iii B. C.) (at first more freq. than πρεσβευταί (q. v.)), Ar. Ach. 61, IG 1(2).52.1, 2(2).1.20, al., D. 19.183; acc. πρέσβεις IG 1(2).46.24, Foed. ap. Th. 4.118, X. HG 4.8.13; gen. πρέσβεων, dat. πρέσβεσι, Ar. Ach. 76, 62, IG 2(2).1.7.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115941",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πρέσβεως",
                    "ref": "Ar. Ach. 93",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc2:93"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115942",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πρέσβεος",
                    "ref": "Choerob. in Theod. 1.233",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.233"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115943",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πρέσβεις",
                    "ref": "",
                    "urn": ""
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>president,</i> 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.",
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              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Comp. πρεσβύτερος, <i>elder, alderman,</i> τῆς κώμης BGU 195.30 ( 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. UPZ 124.22, 36 (ii B. C.); τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ ( <i>both</i>) τοῖς π. καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσι OGI 194.3 ( 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.): <i>elder of the Jewish Sanhedrin,</i> Ev.Matt. 16.21, etc.; later, <i>elder of the Christian Church, presbyter,</i> 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.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῆς κώμης",
                        "ref": "BGU 195.30",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,BGU:195.30"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115945",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐκρίθημεν ἐπί τε Νουμηνίου καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν π.",
                        "ref": "PCair.Zen. 520.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Cair.Zen.:520.perseus-grc2.4"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-115946",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῖς π. καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσι",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. τῶν γεωργῶν",
                        "ref": "PTeb. 13.5",
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                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. γέρδιοι",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>wren,</i> 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 groundʼ); πρεσ- cogn. with Lat. prae, pris-tinus; the oldest sense of π. is ‘going in front, taking precedence’.)",
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