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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

  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἁβραὰμ τῷ παιδὶ αὐτοῦ τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ τῆσ οἰκίασ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἄρχοντι πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ. θὲσ τὴν χεῖρά σου ὑπὸ τὸν μηρόν μου, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:2)
  • ἔτι τούτου λαλοῦντοσ ἄλλοσ ἄγγελοσ ἔρχεται λέγων τῷ Ἰώβ. τῶν υἱῶν σου καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων σου ἐσθιόντων καὶ πινόντων παρὰ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτῶν τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Iob 1:18)
  • ὁ δὲ Κάλπησ λιμὴν ὁποῖόν τι χωρίον ἐστιν καὶ ὁποῖοσ ὁρ́μοσ, καὶ ὅτι πηγὴ ἐν αὐτῷ ψυχροῦ καὶ καθαροῦ ὕδατοσ, καὶ ὅτι ὗλαι πρὸσ τῇ θαλάσσῃ ξύλων ναυπηγησίμων, καὶ αὗται ἔνθηροι, ταῦτα Ξενοφῶντι τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ λέλεκται. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 12 7:1)
  • ὥσπερ οὖν ἐπὶ τῆσ χάριτοσ ἀξιοῦσι μείζονα τοὺσ λαμβάνοντασ ἡγεῖσθαι μικροτέραν δὲ τοὺσ διδόντασ, οὕτωσ ἄν τισ, τὸν χρόνον παραινῶν τῷ μὲν πρεσβυτέρῳ μὴ μέγαν νομίζειν τῷ δὲ νεωτέρῳ μὴ μικρόν, ὑπεροψίασ καὶ ἀμελείασ καὶ τοῦ καταφρονεῖσθαι καὶ καταφρονεῖν ἀμφοτέρουσ ἀπαλλάξειεν. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 3:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τῷ μὲν πρεσβυτέρῳ τὸ κήδεσθαι καὶ καθηγεῖσθαι καὶ νουθετεῖν προσῆκόν ἐστι, τῷ δὲ νεωτέρῳ τὸ τιμᾶν καὶ ζηλοῦν καὶ ἀκολουθεῖν, ἡ μὲν ἐκείνου κηδεμονία τὸ ἑταιρικὸν μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πατρικὸν ἐχέτω καὶ τὸ πεῖθον ἢ τὸ ἐπιτάττον καὶ τὸ χαῖρον ἐπὶ τοῖσ κατορθώμασι καὶ κατευφημοῦν τοῦ ψέγοντοσ ἂν ἁμάρτῃ καὶ κολούοντοσ, μὴ μόνον προθυμότερον ὂν ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλανθρωπότερον, τῷ δὲ τοῦ νεωτέρου ζήλῳ τὸ μιμούμενον ἐνέστω μὴ τὸ ἁμιλλώμενον θαυμάζοντοσ γὰρ ἡ μίμησισ, ἡ δ’ ἅμιλλα φθονοῦντόσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 3:2)

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