πρεσβυτικός
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A like an old man, elderly, ὄχλος Ar. Pl.787; κακὰ π. the evils of age, ib.270, cf. Ael.VH2.34 (vulg. πρεσβυτιδίου) ; ἕλκη Dsc.Eup.1.172; ἄδουσαι μέλος π. Ar.Ec.278; παιδιά Pl.Lg.685a; οἱ στρυφνοὶ καὶ π. Arist.EN1158a2; ἀρχαῖον λίαν καὶ π. Plu.Fab.25: Comp., εἴ τι περιεργότερον καὶ πρεσβυτικώτερον εἰρήκαμεν Isoc.Ep.4.13. Adv. -κῶς Plu.Thes.14. II πρεσβυτικόν, τό, hall of the elders, senate-house, Milet.7.60 (Didyma), Sardis7(1).8.72.
German (Pape)
[Seite 699] greisenhaft, alt; Ar. Plut. 270. 787; Plat. Legg. III, 685 a; oft bei Luc. u. Plut.; auch adv. πρεσβυτικῶς, Plut. Thes. 14.
