πρεσβεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and Ep. πρεσβ-ήϊον, τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[gift of honour]], πρώτῳ τοι μετ' ἐμὲ πρεσβήϊον ἐν χερὶ θήσω <span class="bibl">Il.8.289</span>; λαχὼν πρεσβήϊα τέχνης <span class="title">AP</span>9.656.6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[privilege of age]], Plu.2.787d, cf. <span class="bibl">D.39.29</span>: hence, generally, [[privilege]]: pl., [[prerogatives]], <b class="b3">πρεσβεῖα διδόναι τινί</b>, c. inf., give him [[as a privilege]], to... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>524a</span>; πρεσβείων ἐπιλαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EE</span>1242a6</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">γῆς πρεσβεῖα</b> [[chief share]] or [[sovereignty]] of the land, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 24.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">right of the eldest, his share of the inheritance</b>, πρεσβεῖα λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">D.36.35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>2.1.1</span>; ἀπολιπεῖν π. τὴν ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>26</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὰ π</b>., = [[κατὰ πρεσβείαν]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>43.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic.Dam.58J.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[old age]] itself, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>70(71).18</span>.</span>