πρεσβύτης

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γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει → it is silence that gives women dignity

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Transliteration A: presbýtēs Transliteration B: presbytēs Transliteration C: presvytis Beta Code: presbu/ths

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ητος, Dor. -ας, ατος, ἡ,

   A age, seniority, Test.Epict.4.28, 6.29: opp. νεότας, prob. rest. in IG5(1).1427.5 (Messene).
πρεσβ-ύτης [ῡ], ου, ὁ, prose form of

   A πρέσβυς 1, Hp.Aër.10 (pl.), Th.3.67 (pl.), Arist.EN1157b14 (pl.), etc.; the sixth of the seven ages, Hp.Hebd.5; also in Trag. and Com., E.Ph.847, Ar.Eq.525, Nu.358; πατέρα π. Κρόνον A.Eu.641; ἀνὴρ π. Ar.Ach.707, Antipho 4.1.6; ὁ ἐκ παιδὸς μέχρι πρεσβύτου χρόνος Pl.R.608c, etc.; of animals, [λέοντες] ὅταν γένωνται πρεσβῦται Arist.HA629b28:—fem. πρεσβῦτις, ιδος, A.Eu.731, 1027, E.Hec.842, Pl.Hp.Ma.286a, Theopomp. Com.78; πρεσβύτιδες γυναῖκες Aeschin.3.157; π. ἄνθρωπος Lys.1.15.