πρεσβεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">age, seniority, right of the elder</b>, κατὰ πρεσβείαν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>4</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1259b12</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[rank]], [[dignity]], πρεσβείᾳ καὶ δυνάμει ὑπερέχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 509b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[embassy]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>570</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>422d</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[body of ambassadors]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>647</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>795</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.72</span>, <span class="bibl">4.118</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.1</span>, Aeschin. <span class="bibl">1.23</span> (pl.), etc.; καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια τὴν π. <span class="title">IG</span>12.19.14, al.; <b class="b3">καλέσαι τὴν π. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον</b> ib.22.1.54. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[intercession]], <span class="bibl">Phalar.<span class="title">Ep.</span>33</span>.</span>