embassy
From LSJ
πόθῳ δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἠγκιστρωμένη ψυχὴν περισπαίροντι φυσήσει νεκρῷ → pierced by sorrow for the dead shall breathe forth her soul on the quivering body
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
go on an embassy, v.: Ar. and P. πρεσβεύειν.
go on an embassy with others: P. συμπρεσβεύειν (dat.).
send an embassy: Ar. and P. πρεσβεύεσθαι.
send a counter-embassy: P. ἀντιπρεσβεύεσθαι.
join in an embassy: P. συμπρεσβεύεσθαι (absol.).
concretely, of the ambassadors: P. and V. πρέσβεις, οἱ, V. πρεσβεύματα, τά, Ar. and P. πρεσβεία, ἡ.
sacred embassy to shrine: P. θεωρία, ἡ; see envoy.
