πρεσβεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and Ep. [[πρεσβήϊον]], τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[gift of honour]], πρώτῳ τοι μετ' ἐμὲ πρεσβήϊον ἐν χερὶ θήσω Il.8.289; λαχὼν πρεσβήϊα τέχνης ''AP''9.656.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[privilege of age]], Plu.2.787d, cf. D.39.29: hence, generally, [[privilege]]: pl., [[prerogative]]s, <b class="b3">πρεσβεῖα διδόναι τινί</b>, c. inf., give him [[as a privilege]], to... [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 524a; πρεσβείων ἐπιλαμβάνειν Arist.''EE''1242a6: c. gen., <b class="b3">γῆς πρεσβεῖα</b> [[chief share]] or [[sovereignty]] of the [[land]], S.''Fr.'' 24.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[right of the eldest]], [[his share of the inheritance]], πρεσβεῖα [[λαβεῖν]] D.36.35, cf. J.''AJ''2.1.1; ἀπολιπεῖν π. τὴν ἀρχήν Plu.''Art.''26; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὰ π.</b>, = [[κατὰ πρεσβείαν]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''43.33, cf. Nic.Dam.58J.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[old age]] itself, [[LXX]] ''Ps.''70(71).18.