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πρεσβηίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρεσβηίς πρεσβηίδος

Structure: πρεσβηιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = pre/sba

Sense

  1. the highest or most ancient honour

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πρεσβηίς πρεσβηίδε πρεσβηίδες
Genitive πρεσβηίδος πρεσβηίδοιν πρεσβηίδων
Dative πρεσβηίδι πρεσβηίδοιν πρεσβηίσιν*
Accusative πρεσβηίδα πρεσβηίδε πρεσβηίδας
Vocative πρεσβηί πρεσβηίδε πρεσβηίδες

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.

Examples

  • ἑστίη, ἣ πάντων ἐν δώμασιν ὑψηλοῖσιν ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ’ ἀνθρώπων ἕδρην ἀίδιον ἔλαχεσ, πρεσβηίδα τιμήν, καλὸν ἔχουσα γέρασ καὶ τίμιον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:1)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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