πρεσβευτής

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κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες → The world is a stage, life is your entrance: you came, you saw, you departed (Democritus fr. 115 D-K)

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Full diacritics: πρεσβευτής Medium diacritics: πρεσβευτής Low diacritics: πρεσβευτής Capitals: ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗΣ
Transliteration A: presbeutḗs Transliteration B: presbeutēs Transliteration C: presveftis Beta Code: presbeuth/s

English (LSJ)

οῦ, ὁ,

   A ambassador, IG12.22.27, Th.5.4, Pl.Lg.941a, POxy.933.31 (ii A. D.), etc.: pl. πρεσβευταί is at first less freq., later more freq., than πρέσβεις, πρεσβευτὰς πάντας ὑμᾶς ἡμεῖς οἱ πρέσβεις ποιοῦμεν And.3.41, cf. Th.8.77 (interpol.), IG22.858.6 (iii B. C.), 1224.26 (ii B. C.), Alciphr.2.2.    II agent or commissioner, ὑπέρ τινος D.45.64.    2 = Lat. legatus, staff officer, etc., Plb.35.4.5, Plu.Mar.7, etc.; π. καὶ ἀντιστράτηγος, = legatus pro praetore, IG 14.1121, etc.