πρέσβυς
πρέσβῠς,
Pi. P. 4.282 ,
A. Ag. 530 ,
εως or
εος (v. infr.
11 ),
ὁ, voc.
A). πρέσβῠ E. Or. 476 ,
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 ;
πρέσβυ Id. OT 1013 ,
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. and Sup. are the only forms found in
Hom., Comp.
πρεσβύτερος, (late
πρεσβυτερωτέρα 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.); also
δένδρα π. Thphr. CP 1.13.8 ;
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.): Sup.
πρεσβύτατος, 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. and Sup., of things,
more or
most important, taking precedence, esp.
πρεσβύτερόν τι (or
οὐδὲν)
ἔχειν deem
higher, more important, 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
greater thananother,
S. OT 1365 (lyr.);
χρεῶν πάντων πρεσβύτατα Pl. Lg. 717b . Adv.,
-τέρωσγυμναστικὴν μουσικῆς τετιμηκέναι Id. R. 548c , 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)
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 12.52.1 ,
22.1.20 , al.,
D. 19.183 ; acc.
πρέσβεις IG 12.46.24 , Foed. ap.
Th. 4.118 ,
X. HG 4.8.13 ; gen.
πρέσβεων, dat.
πρέσβεσι, Ar. Ach. 76 ,
62 ,
IG 22.1.7 .
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.
πρεσβύτερος, elder, alderman, 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 (
both)
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.):
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'.)
ShortDef
an old man; pl. ambassadors
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Headword (normalized):
πρέσβυς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πρεσβυς
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πρέσβῠς</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.282/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.282 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:530" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:530/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 530 </a>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span> or <span class="itype greek">εος</span> (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>), <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, voc. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πρέσβῠ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:476" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:476/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 476 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:146/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 146 </a>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">old man</span> (poet. for prose <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβύτης</span>), in this sense only used in nom., acc., and voc., <span class="quote greek">ὁ π. Πόλυβος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:941" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:941/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 941 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Φοῖνιξ ὁ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:562" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:562/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 562 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δριμὺς π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 255 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">πατέρά πρές βυν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:665" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:665/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 665 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρέσβυ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1013" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1013/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1013 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1121/canonical-url/"> 1121 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὦ πρέσβυ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> l. c., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> </span> l. c.; <span class="quote greek">ὁ π.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the elder,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 184 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:205/canonical-url/"> 205 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:530" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:530/canonical-url/"> 530 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβα, πρέσβειρα, πρεσβηΐς, πρέσβις</span>: pl. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβεις,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elders,</span> three times in Trag., always voc. (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:111/canonical-url/"> 111 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:840" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:840/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 840 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1111 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:247" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:247/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 247 </a>; for <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβῆ, πρεσβῆες, πρισγεῖες,</span> v. <span class="ref greek">πρεσβεύς</span> : Comp. and Sup. are the only forms found in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, Comp. <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβύτερος, </span> (late <span class="quote greek">πρεσβυτερωτέρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 2.177.15 </span> (i A. D.)), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elder,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:787" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.787/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.787 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.204/canonical-url/"> 15.204 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.2 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖν ἢ ’νιαυτῷ</span> by more than a year, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 18 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβυτέρα ἀριθμοῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">older</span> than the fit number, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 127 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βουλαὶ πρεσβύτεραι</span> thy counsels <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wise beyond thy years,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.65 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γνώμη π. τῆς ἡλικίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:5:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:5.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 5.30 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱ σοφοὶ καὶ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1215a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1215a.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EE</span> 1215a23 </a> ; of animals, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:546a:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:546a.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 546a7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἵππος π. ἤδη ὤν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rather old,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PCair.Zen.</span> 225.8 </span> (iii B. C.); also <span class="quote greek">δένδρα π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:1:13:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:1:13:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 1.13.8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἰέναι</span> become <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">older,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:631e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:631e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 631e </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἵνα μὴ π. ὢν ῥέμβωμαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in my old age, PCair. Zen.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:447:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:447.9/canonical-url/"> 447.9 </a> (iii B. C.): Sup. <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβύτατος, </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eldest,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.59 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:740" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.740/canonical-url/"> 11.740 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:234" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:234/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 234 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">π. γενεῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.24 </a> ; as a term of respect, <span class="quote greek">ἐγὼ παλαιότατός εἰμι σὺ δὲ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg038:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg038:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nic.</span> 15 </a> ; of animals, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:546a:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:546a.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 546a4 </a>, al.: for the poet. forms <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβιστος, πρεσβίστατος,</span> v. <span class="ref greek">πρέσβιστος</span> , and cf. <span class="foreign greek">πρεῖγυς.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Comp. and Sup., of things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">most important, taking precedence,</span> esp. <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβύτερόν τι</span> (or <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν</span>)<span class="foreign greek"> ἔχειν</span> deem <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">higher, more important,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πρεσβύτερα ἐποιεῦντο ἢ τὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.63 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν πρεσβύτερον νομίζω τᾶς σωφροσύνας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 959 </span> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἐμοὶ οὐδέν ἐστι πρεσβύτερον τοῦ ..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:218d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:218d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 218d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρεσβύτατον κρἰναί τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.61 </a> ; merely of magnitude, <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβύτερον κακοῦ κακόν</span> one evil <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greater than</span>another, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1365" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1365/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1365 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">χρεῶν πάντων πρεσβύτατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:717b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:717b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 717b </a> . Adv., <span class="quote greek">-τέρωσγυμναστικὴν μουσικῆς τετιμηκέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:548c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:548c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 548c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:4:132c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:4.132c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 4.132c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">πρεσβευτής</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ambassador,</span> in nom. sg. only cj. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:727" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:727/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 727 </a> (v. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβη</span>) and in Prov. ap. Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:394" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.394/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.394 </a> (v. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβις</span> (A)); gen. <span class="quote greek">πρέσβεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 93 </a> (at end of line); <span class="quote greek">πρέσβεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:1:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:1.233/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Choerob.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Theod.</span> 1.233 </a> : dual <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβει</span> (written <span class="itype greek">πρεσβε</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(1).977.45 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 57 </span> (Carpathos, iv B. C.): pl. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβεις,</span> Dor. un contr. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβεες</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 14.952.11 </span> (Acragas, iii B. C.) (at first more freq. than <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβευταί</span> (q. v.)), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 61 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.52.1 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 22.1.20 </span>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.183 </a>; acc. <span class="quote greek">πρέσβεις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.46.24 </span> , Foed. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.118 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.8.13 </a>; gen. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβεων,</span> dat. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβεσι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 76 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:62/canonical-url/"> 62 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1.7 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> at Sparta a political title, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">president,</span> <span class="foreign greek">τῶν ἐφόρων</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 5(1).51.6 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 552.11 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">νομοφυλάκων</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 555b19 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">βιδέων</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 556.6 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">συναρχίας</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 504.16 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">τῆς φυλῆς</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 564.3 </span>;[<span class="foreign greek">σφαιρέων</span>] ib.<span class="bibl"> 675.5 </span>; gen. sg. <span class="foreign greek">πρέσβεως</span> ib. <span class="bibl"> 504.16 </span>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Comp. <span class="foreign greek">πρεσβύτερος,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elder, alderman,</span> <span class="quote greek">τῆς κώμης</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 195.30 </span> (ii A. D., pl.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 2121.4 </span> (iii A. D.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἐκρίθημεν ἐπί τε Νουμηνίου καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν π.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 520.4 </span> (iii B. C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UPZ</span> 124.22 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 36 </span> (ii B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">both</span>) <span class="quote greek">τοῖς π. καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 194.3 </span> (Egypt, i B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">οἱ π. τῶν ὀλυροκόπων</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 729 </span> (Alexandria, iii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">π. τῶν γεωργῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 13.5 </span> (ii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">π. γέρδιοι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IGRom.</span> 1.1122 </span> (Theadelphia, ii A. D.); <span class="foreign greek">τέκτονες π.</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 1155 </span> (Ptolemaïs Hermiu, i A. D.): <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elder of the Jewish Sanhedrin,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ev.Matt.</span> 16.21 </span>, etc.; later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elder of the Christian Church, presbyter,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Act.Ap.</span> 11.30 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 20.17 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg015.perseus-grc1:5:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg015.perseus-grc1:5.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Ti.</span> 5.19 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1162.1 </span> (iv A. D.), etc.; of the Apostles, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg024.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg024.perseus-grc1:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ep.Jo.</span> 1.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg024.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg024.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Jo.</span> 1.1 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wren,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:609a:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:609a.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 609a17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:615a:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:615a.19/canonical-url/"> 615a19 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">σπέργυς.</span>(<span class="foreign greek">-βυ-,</span> Cret. <span class="foreign greek">-γυ-</span> (in <span class="foreign greek">πρεῖγυς</span>), cogn. with Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">-gu</span> in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vanar-gú-</span> \'one who lives or moves in the forest\', Lith. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">žmogùs</span> \'man\' (lit. \'one who moves on the ground\'); <span class="foreign greek">πρες-</span> cogn. with Lat.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prae, pris-tinus;</span> the oldest sense of <span class="foreign greek">π.</span> is \'going in front, taking precedence\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}