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πρεσβύτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρεσβύτερος

Structure: πρεσβυτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. older of two people
  2. advanced in life, senior
  3. a term of rank or office, a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin
  4. in the New Testament, a group that presided over the assemblies or congregations

Declension

First/Second 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.

Examples

  • τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ παντοκράτωρ. ἔτι καθήσονται πρεσβύτεροι καὶ πρεσβύτεραι ἐν ταῖσ πλατείαισ Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἕκαστοσ τὴν ράβδον αὐτοῦ ἔχων ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πλήθουσ ἡμερῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 8:4)
  • βουλαὶ δὲ πρεσβύτεραι ἀκίνδυνον ἐμοὶ ἔποσ <σὲ> ποτὶ πάντα λόγον ἐπαινεῖν παρέχοντι. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 2 21:1)
  • διαλύουσι δὲ τὴν μάχην τῶν γυναικῶν αἱ πρεσβύτεραι, προαλλόμεναι μὲν εἰσ τὸ μέσον, ἐντροπῆσ δὲ τυγχάνουσαι· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 33 4:1)

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