πρεσβευτής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οῦ, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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.), ''IG''22.858.6 (iii B. C.), 1224.26 (ii B. C.), Alciphr.2.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[agent]] or [[commissioner]], ὑπέρ τινος D.45.64.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = Lat. [[legatus]], [[staff officer]], etc., Plb.35.4.5, Plu.''Mar.''7, etc.; πρεσβευτὴς καὶ [[ἀντιστράτηγος]] = [[legatus pro praetore]], IG 14.1121, etc.