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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> pf. πεπρέσβευκα Ar.Ach.610, D.19.310:—Med., aor. ἐπρεσβευσάμην Th.1.92, etc.:—Pass., pf. [[πεπρέσβευμαι]] (v. infr.):<br><span class="bld">I</span> prop. of age,<br><span class="bld">1</span> intr., to [[be the elder]] or [[be the eldest]], S.OC1422; οἱ ἀεὶ πρεσβεύοντες Pl.Lg. 951e: c. gen. pers., to [[be older than]], [[be the eldest of]] a [[number]], τῶν προτέρων ἐπρέσβευε Hdt.7.2; π. τῶν ἄλλων κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν Timae. 114; π. ἀπ' αὐτοῦ to [[be]] his [[eldest]] son, Th.6.55; of wine, πολλαῖς π. ἐτέων… ὥραις Archestr.Fr.60.2; π. τοῖς χρόνοις τὰ ἡρωικά Ath.1.19a: hence,<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[take the first place]], [[be best]], S.Ant.720; οἷσι πρεσβεύει [[γένος]], of the [[male]] [[sex]], E.Heracl.45.<br><span class="bld">c</span> c. gen., [[rank before]], [[take precedence of]] others, π. τῶν πολλῶν πόλεων Pl.Lg.752e: hence, [[rule over]], Ολύμπου π. S.Aj.1389; Ἴναχε… μέγα πρεσβεύων Ἄργους γύαις Id.Fr.270 (anap.); also, [[have at one's command]] or [[have at one's disposal]], c. gen., καὶ εἰ (καὶ σὺ Kaibel) τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ πρεσβεύεις Ath.8.352d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> trans., [[place as oldest]] or [[place as first]], [[put first in rank]], πρῶτον… πρεσβεύω θεῶν Γαῖαν A.Eu.1: hence, [[pay special honour]] or [[pay worship]] to, πρῶτον τόνδε πρεσβεύσω τάφον Id.Ch.488, cf.S.Tr.1065, Pl.Smp.186b; joined with τιμῶ Id.Cri.46c; τὰ δίκαια πρὸ παντὸς ἰδίου συμφέροντος Plu.Luc.3, cf. Arr. An.6.30.3:—Pass., [[hold the first place]], Παλλὰς… ἐν λόγοις π. A.Eu. 21; ὁ δ' ὕστατός γε τοῦ χρόνου π. is [[first]] in [[point]] of [[time]], Id.Ag.1300: c. gen., κακῶν πρεσβεύεται τὸ [[Λήμνιον]] = the Lemnian is most [[notable]] of [[mischief]]s, Id.Ch.631 (lyr.); τὸ πρεσβύτερον τοῦ νεωτέρου ἐστὶ πρεσβευόμενον is more [[honour]]ed than…, Pl.Lg.879b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> later, [[cultivate]] arts, etc., διαλεκτικόν, τὸ… τοὺς λόγους πρεσβεῦον D.L.1.18; π. παρὰ Ῥοδίοις ἃ μήπω ἐγίγνωσκον Philostr.VS1 Praef.; πόλις ὄρχησιν μάλιστα πρεσβεύουσα Luc.Salt.76.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be an ambassador]] or [[serve as an ambassador]], IG12.135.5; ἀπὸ Κορίνθου Hdt.5.93; εἰς Θετταλίαν And.4.41; [[παρά]] or πρός τινα, Pl.Chrm.158a, X.Cyr.5.1.3; τινος [[for]] one, E.Heracl.479: abs., Ar. Ach.610, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἃς ἐπρέσβευσεν [εἰς Θήβας] πρεσβείας Din.1.16.<br><span class="bld">b</span> at Rome, [[act]] as [[legatus]], Plu.Sull.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. objecti, π. εἰρήνην [[negotiate]] [[peace]], And.3.23, Isoc.4.177, D.19.134, etc.; π. ὑπὲρ τουτωνὶ τὰ βέλτιστα ib.189; π. πολλὰ καὶ δεινά ibid.:—Pass., τὰ αὑτῷ πεπρεσβευμένα his [[negotiation]]s, ib.20; πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ πεπρεσβεῦσθαι ib.240.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Med., [[send ambassadors]], ἐς χωρία, ἐς τὴν Θουρίαν, Th.2.7, 6.104; πρεσβεύεσθαι παρά τινας Id.4.41, etc.; πρός τινας Id.1.126; ἐς Αακεδαίμονα περὶ καθόδου Id.3.85.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[go as ambassador]], Id.5.39.<br><span class="bld">III</span> c. acc. rei, [[represent]], [[urge]], [[maintain]], Luc.Pisc.23; ([[δόγμα]]τα) Gal.6.753; τὴν ὄψιν κατὰ εἰσδοχὴν π. Olymp. in Mete. 5.6: c. inf., κατὰ ἐκπομπὴν εἶναι τὴν ὄψιν ib. 10.