πρεσβήϊος

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φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts

Source

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
ιων. τ.
1. σεβάσμιος
2. το ουδ. ως ουσ. τὸ πρεσβήϊον
πρεσβείο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πρέσβυς + κατάλ. -ήϊος (πρβλ. πολεμ-ήϊος)].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πρεσβήϊος: высокий, священный (θεοῦ ὄμμα Anth.).