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πρεσβεῖον

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: presbeîon Transliteration B: presbeion Transliteration C: presveion Beta Code: presbei=on

English (LSJ)

Ion. and Ep. πρεσβ-ήϊον, τό,

   A gift of honour, πρώτῳ τοι μετ' ἐμὲ πρεσβήϊον ἐν χερὶ θήσω Il.8.289; λαχὼν πρεσβήϊα τέχνης AP9.656.6.    2 privilege of age, Plu.2.787d, cf. D.39.29: hence, generally, privilege: pl., prerogatives, πρεσβεῖα διδόναι τινί, c. inf., give him as a privilege, to... Pl.Grg.524a; πρεσβείων ἐπιλαμβάνειν Arist.EE1242a6: c. gen., γῆς πρεσβεῖα chief share or sovereignty of the land, S.Fr. 24.3.    3 right of the eldest, his share of the inheritance, πρεσβεῖα λαβεῖν D.36.35, cf. J.AJ2.1.1; ἀπολιπεῖν π. τὴν ἀρχήν Plu.Art.26; κατὰ τὰ π., = κατὰ πρεσβείαν, LXX Ge.43.33, cf. Nic.Dam.58J.    II old age itself, LXX Ps.70(71).18.

German (Pape)

[Seite 698] τό, ion. u. ep. πρεσβήϊον, Ehrengeschenk; πρώτῳ τοι μετ' ἐμὲ πρεσβήϊον ἐν χερὶ θήσω, Il. 8, 289; πρεσβεῖα νείμας τῆσδε γῆς, Soph. frg. 19; Μίνῳ πρεσβεῖα δώσω ἐπιδιακρίνειν, Plat. Gorg. 524 a; Plut. sagt τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρόνου πρωτεῖον, ὃ καλεῖται κυρίως πρεσβεῖον, was dem Alter zukommt, wie Poll. 2, 12 πρεσβεῖα, γέρα τὰ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις δεδομένα; u. so bes. im plur. in sp. Prosa; bei Dem. 36, 34 das, was ein Erbe vor dem andern vorwegnimmt; vgl. οὐ τῷ χρόνῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ πρεσβεῖον ἔχοιμ' ἂν ἔγωγε τοὔνομα τοῦτ' εἰκότως, 39, 29. – Sp., wie LXX, das Alter.