Hellas Alive Dictionary - πρεσβος

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρέσβος πρέσβεος

Structure: πρεσβο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: presbu/s

Third declension

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.

βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβοσ Πέρσαισ, σύ τε πέμπε χοὰσ θαλάμουσ ὑπὸ γῆσ, ἡμεῖσ θ’ ὕμνοισ αἰτησόμεθα φθιμένων πομποὺσ εὔφρονασ εἶναι κατὰ γαίασ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests1)
ἴσωσ γὰρ ἂν κῆρυξ τισ ἢ πρέσβη μόλοι, ἄγειν θέλοντεσ ῥυσίων ἐφάπτορεσ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode10)
ἄνδρεσ πολῖται, πρέσβοσ Ἀργείων τόδε, οὐκ αἰσχυνοῦμαι τοὺσ φιλάνορασ τρόπουσ λέξαι πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 5:1)
ὡσ ὧδ’ ἐχόντων, πρέσβοσ Ἀργείων τόδε, χαίροιτ’ ἄν, εἰ χαίροιτ’, ἐγὼ δ’ ἐπεύχομαι. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 7:1)

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

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