πρεσβεῖον
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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.
