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πρέσβις

πρέσβις, age; old woman, female ambassador

πρέσβ-ις (A), εως, ὁ,
  • ambassador, πρέσβις οὐ τύπτεται οὐδὲ ὑβρίζεται Prov. ap. Sch. Il. 4.394; alleged as the word of which πρέσβεως (Ar. Ach. 93) is gen., Choerob. in Theod. 1.233, Sch. Ar. l.c., Suid.
πρέσβ-ις (B), εως, ἡ, poet. for πρεσβεία,
  • age, κατὰ πρέσβιν according to age, h.Merc. 431, Pl. Lg. 855d, etc.
    • II aged woman, v.l. for πρεσβῦτις in Aesop. 107b (pp. 182,183 Chambry).
      • 2 ambassadress, Ael. ap. Eust. 738.62.

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