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|strgr=from [[πρεσβεύω]]; [[seniority]] (eldership), i.e. (by [[implication]]) an [[embassy]] (concretely, ambassadors): ambassage, [[message]].
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|txtha=πρεσβειας, ἡ ([[πρεσβεύω]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[age]], [[dignity]], [[right]] of the [[first]] [[born]]: [[Aeschylus]] Pers. 4; [[Plato]], de rep. 6, p. 509b.; [[Pausanias]], 3,1, 4; 3,3, 8.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[business]] [[usually]] to be entrusted to [[elders]], [[specifically]], the [[office]] of an [[ambassador]], an [[embassy]] ([[Aristophanes]], [[Xenophon]], [[Plato]]); [[abstract]] for the [[concrete]], an ambassage, i. e. ambassadors, Luke 19:14.
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Full diacritics: πρεσβεία Medium diacritics: πρεσβεία Low diacritics: πρεσβεία Capitals: ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ
Transliteration A: presbeía Transliteration B: presbeia Transliteration C: presveia Beta Code: presbei/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A age, seniority, right of the elder, κατὰ πρεσβείαν A.Pers.4 (anap.), Arist.Pol.1259b12: hence,    2 rank, dignity, πρεσβείᾳ καὶ δυνάμει ὑπερέχειν Pl.R. 509b.    II embassy, Ar.Lys.570, Pl.R.422d, al.    2 body of ambassadors, Ar.Ach.647, Eq.795, Th.1.72, 4.118, X.Cyr.2.4.1, Aeschin. 1.23 (pl.), etc.; καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια τὴν π. IG12.19.14, al.; καλέσαι τὴν π. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ib.22.1.54.    III intercession, Phalar.Ep.33.

German (Pape)

[Seite 698] ἡ, 1) das Alter u. die auf dem höhern Alter beruhende Würde; κατὰ πρεσβείαν, nach dem Vorrechte der Erstgeburt, Aesch. Pers. 4; vgl. Plat. ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐσίας πρεσβείᾳ καὶ δυνάμει ὑπερέχοντος, Rep. XI, 509 b. – 2) Gesandtschaft, gew. die Gesandten selbst; Thuc. 4, 118; αἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Πελοποννήσου πρεσβεῖαι, 5, 27 u. öfter; Plat. κήρυξιν ἢ πρεσβείαις ἢ καί τισι θεωροῖς, Legg. XII, 950 d; πρεσβείαν πέμψαντες εἰς τὴν πόλιν, Rep. V, 422 d; Xen., Dem. u. Folgde. Auch allgemeiner, Botschaft.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
I. (πρεσβεύω, être âgé);
1 ancienneté, droit d’ancienneté ou d’aînesse;
2 dignité, rang élevé;
II. (πρεσβεύω, être ambassadeur);
1 députation, ambassade;
2 les députés ou ambassadeurs, la légation.
Étymologie: πρεσβεύω.

Spanish

intercesión

English (Strong)

from πρεσβεύω; seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors): ambassage, message.

English (Thayer)

πρεσβειας, ἡ (πρεσβεύω);
1. age, dignity, right of the first born: Aeschylus Pers. 4; Plato, de rep. 6, p. 509b.; Pausanias, 3,1, 4; 3,3, 8.
2. the business usually to be entrusted to elders, specifically, the office of an ambassador, an embassy (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato); abstract for the concrete, an ambassage, i. e. ambassadors, Luke 19:14.