πρεσβεύω
Non-contract Verb;
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πρεσβεύω
Structure:
πρεσβεύ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be the elder or eldest, the eldest of, to be, eldest
- to take the first place, be best, to rank before, take precedence of, to rule over
- to place as eldest or first, to put first in rank, to pay honour or worship to, to be put in the first rank, hold the first place, is most notable
- to be an ambassador or go as one, serve or negociate as one
- to negotiate
- to send ambassadors, to go as ambassador
- his negotiations
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- εἰ μὲν τοίνυν ταὐτὰ πάντεσ ἐπρεσβεύομεν, δικαίωσ οὐδέν’ ἐπῄνεσεν ἡ βουλή· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 42:2)
- συνέβαινε δέ, ὅτε τὴν προτέραν ἐπρεσβεύομεν πρεσβείαν, ἐμοὶ μὲν μετὰ τῶν συμπρέσβεων ἀπιέναι δεῦρο, Φιλίππῳ δ’ ἐπὶ Θράκην ἐξιέναι, πρὸσ δ’ ἡμᾶσ ὡμολογηκέναι, ἑώσ ἂν ὑμεῖσ περὶ τῆσ εἰρήνησ βουλεύσησθε, μὴ ἐπιβήσεσθαι μεθ’ ὅπλων Χερρονήσου. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 821)
- ὡσ δ’ ἦμεν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ συνήλθομεν εἰσ ταὐτόν, καὶ Φίλιππον ἐκ Θρᾴκησ παρόντα κατειλήφεμεν, ἀνεγνώσθη μὲν τὸ ψήφισμα καθ’ ὃ ἐπρεσβεύομεν, καὶ τὰ προστεταγμένα ἡμῖν πρὸσ τῷ τοὺσ ὁρ́κουσ ἀπολαβεῖν συνηριθμούμεθα· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1011)
- ἀποκρύπτοιτο δὲ τὸ πάντων τελευταῖον, ὅτι τῆσ μάχησ ἐπιγενομένησ οὐκ ἐσχολάζομεν περὶ τὴν σὴν εἶναι τιμωρίαν, ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τῆσ σωτηρίασ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐπρεσβεύομεν. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 2271)
- οἷσ μὲν γὰρ τὴν εἰρήνην ἐπρεσβεύομεν οὓσ πολεμεῖν διεκωλύομεν πραότητοσ καὶ προνοίασ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὅπωσ μή τι πείσονται πίστιν παρειχόμεθα, οἷσ δ’ ἀναγκασθέντεσ πολεμεῖν κεκρατήκαμεν ἀνδρείασ ἅμα καὶ δυνάμεωσ δόξαν προσειλήφαμεν, ὥστ’ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ὑπάρχειν τῇ πόλει θαυμάζεσθαι μετ’ εὐνοίασ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:8)
Synonyms
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to negotiate
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to send ambassadors
