"πρέσβυς" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /préz.bys/, /ˈprez.βys/, /ˈprez.vis/, /préz.bys/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈprez.bys/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈprez.βys/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈprez.vys/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈprez.vis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Originally "one who leads cattle" from Proto-Indo-European *pres (“before”), extended form of *per-, + *gʷṓws (“cattle”). Compare Sanskrit पुरोगव (purogava, “leader”), from पुरस् (puras, “in front”) and गव (gava, “cow, cattle”). But Beekes (1232) discusses several other proposed etymologies. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*per-|id=before}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*per-|*pres|before}} Proto-Indo-European *pres (“before”), {{m|ine-pro|*per-}} *per-, {{m|ine-pro|*gʷṓws||cattle}} *gʷṓws (“cattle”), {{cog|sa|पुरोगव||leader}} Sanskrit पुरोगव (purogava, “leader”), {{m|sa|पुरस्||in front}} पुरस् (puras, “in front”), {{m|sa|गव||cow, cattle}} गव (gava, “cow, cattle”) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|πρέσβῠς|πρέσβειᾰ}} Forms: πρέσβῠς [canonical], présbus [romanization], πρέσβειᾰ [feminine], πρέσβῠ [neuter], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], πρέσβῠς [masculine, nominative, singular], πρέσβειᾰ [feminine, nominative, singular], πρέσβῠ [neuter, nominative, singular], πρέσβεε [dual, masculine, nominative], πρεσβείᾱ [dual, feminine, nominative], πρέσβεε [dual, neuter, nominative], πρέσβεις [masculine, nominative, plural], πρέσβειαι [feminine, nominative, plural], πρέσβη [neuter, nominative, plural], πρέσβεᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], πρέσβεος [genitive, masculine, singular], πρεσβείᾱς [feminine, genitive, singular], πρέσβεος [genitive, neuter, singular], πρεσβέοιν [dual, genitive, masculine], πρεσβείαιν [dual, feminine, genitive], πρεσβέοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], πρεσβέων [genitive, masculine, plural], πρεσβειῶν [feminine, genitive, plural], πρεσβέων [genitive, neuter, plural], πρέσβει [dative, masculine, singular], πρεσβείᾳ [dative, feminine, singular], πρέσβει [dative, neuter, singular], πρεσβέοιν [dative, dual, masculine], πρεσβείαιν [dative, dual, feminine], πρεσβέοιν [dative, dual, neuter], πρέσβεσῐ [dative, masculine, plural], πρέσβεσῐν [dative, masculine, plural], présbesi [dative, masculine, plural], présbesin [dative, masculine, plural], πρεσβείαις [dative, feminine, plural], πρέσβεσῐ [dative, neuter, plural], πρέσβεσῐν [dative, neuter, plural], présbesi [dative, neuter, plural], présbesin [dative, neuter, plural], πρέσβῠν [accusative, masculine, singular], πρέσβειᾰν [accusative, feminine, singular], πρέσβῠ [accusative, neuter, singular], πρέσβεε [accusative, dual, masculine], πρεσβείᾱ [accusative, dual, feminine], πρέσβεε [accusative, dual, neuter], πρέσβεις [accusative, masculine, plural], πρεσβείᾱς [accusative, feminine, plural], πρέσβη [accusative, neuter, plural], πρέσβεᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], πρέσβῠ [masculine, singular, vocative], πρέσβειᾰ [feminine, singular, vocative], πρέσβῠ [neuter, singular, vocative], πρέσβεε [dual, masculine, vocative], πρεσβείᾱ [dual, feminine, vocative], πρέσβεε [dual, neuter, vocative], πρέσβεις [masculine, plural, vocative], πρέσβειαι [feminine, plural, vocative], πρέσβη [neuter, plural, vocative], πρέσβεᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], πρεσβέως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], πρεσβῠ́τερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], πρεσβῠ́τᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. elderly, aged
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πρεῖγυς (preîgus) [Cretan]

Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /préz.bys/, /ˈprez.βys/, /ˈprez.vis/, /préz.bys/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈprez.bys/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈprez.βys/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈprez.vys/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈprez.vis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Originally "one who leads cattle" from Proto-Indo-European *pres (“before”), extended form of *per-, + *gʷṓws (“cattle”). Compare Sanskrit पुरोगव (purogava, “leader”), from पुरस् (puras, “in front”) and गव (gava, “cow, cattle”). But Beekes (1232) discusses several other proposed etymologies. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*per-|id=before}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*per-|*pres|before}} Proto-Indo-European *pres (“before”), {{m|ine-pro|*per-}} *per-, {{m|ine-pro|*gʷṓws||cattle}} *gʷṓws (“cattle”), {{cog|sa|पुरोगव||leader}} Sanskrit पुरोगव (purogava, “leader”), {{m|sa|पुरस्||in front}} पुरस् (puras, “in front”), {{m|sa|गव||cow, cattle}} गव (gava, “cow, cattle”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πρέσβῠς|πρέσβεως|m|third}} πρέσβῠς • (présbus) m (genitive πρέσβεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|irreg|πρέσβῠς|πρέσβεως|πρέσβει|πρέσβῠν|πρέσβῠ|πρέσβη|-|πρέσβεις|πρέσβεων|πρέσβεσῐ(ν)|πρέσβεις|form=M}} Forms: πρέσβῠς [canonical], présbus [romanization], πρέσβεως [genitive], Attic irregular [table-tags], ὁ πρέσβῠς [nominative, singular], τὼ πρέσβη [dual, nominative], οἱ πρέσβεις [nominative, plural], τοῦ πρέσβεως [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], τῶν πρέσβεων [genitive, plural], τῷ πρέσβει [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], τοῖς πρέσβεσῐ [dative, plural], πρέσβεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs présbesi [dative, plural], toîs présbesin [dative, plural], τὸν πρέσβῠν [accusative, singular], τὼ πρέσβη [accusative, dual], τοὺς πρέσβεις [accusative, plural], πρέσβῠ [singular, vocative], πρέσβη [dual, vocative], πρέσβεις [plural, vocative]
  1. old man
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-DKUym1yx Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4
  2. elder, chief, prince
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-R4rC~A79 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4
  3. (superlative) revered, honored Tags: superlative
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-8g5thruo Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4
  4. ambassador Synonyms (ambassador): πρεσβευτής (presbeutḗs)
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-y3SwEcrL Disambiguation of 'ambassador': 2 4 0 90 4 0 0
  5. (at Sparta) a political title, higher than γέρων (gérōn, “senator”): chief, president
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-S18KfuLG
  6. a name of the τρόχιλος (trókhilos, “wren”)
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-lAQD7fq7 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek entries with language name categories using raw markup, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 15 13 13 3 4 33 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4
  7. a type of daw or chough
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-N0yYR~7l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πρεῖγυς (preîgus) [Cretan] Derived forms: πρεσβεία (presbeía), πρεσβεῖον (presbeîon), πρεσβεύω (presbeúō)

Noun [Greek]

Forms: présvys [romanization], πρέσβεις [plural], πρέσβειρα [feminine]
Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|πρέσβεις|||||||||||feminine|πρέσβειρα|||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} πρέσβυς • (présvys) m (plural πρέσβεις, feminine πρέσβειρα), {{el-noun|m|πρέσβεις|f=πρέσβειρα}} πρέσβυς • (présvys) m (plural πρέσβεις, feminine πρέσβειρα)
  1. Katharevousa form of πρέσβης (présvis, “ambassador”) Tags: Katharevousa, alt-of Alternative form of: πρέσβης (extra: présvis, “ambassador”) Related terms (see): πρέσβης (présvis) (english: ambassador) [masculine]
    Sense id: en-πρέσβυς-el-noun-v5stqWYR Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Katharevousa

Inflected forms

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        "id": "before"
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      "name": "der"
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    },
    {
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      },
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      "expansion": "Sanskrit पुरोगव (purogava, “leader”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पुरस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "in front"
      },
      "expansion": "पुरस् (puras, “in front”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "4": "cow, cattle"
      },
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    },
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      "form": "présbus",
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      "form": "πρέσβειᾰ",
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      "form": "πρέσβειαι",
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    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "présbesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "présbesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρεσβείαις",
      "roman": "presbeíais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "présbesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "présbesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβῠν",
      "roman": "présbun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβειᾰν",
      "roman": "présbeian",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβῠ",
      "roman": "présbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεε",
      "roman": "présbee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρεσβείᾱ",
      "roman": "presbeíā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεε",
      "roman": "présbee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "présbeis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρεσβείᾱς",
      "roman": "presbeíās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβη",
      "roman": "présbē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεᾰ",
      "roman": "présbea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβῠ",
      "roman": "présbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβειᾰ",
      "roman": "présbeia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβῠ",
      "roman": "présbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεε",
      "roman": "présbee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρεσβείᾱ",
      "roman": "presbeíā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεε",
      "roman": "présbee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "présbeis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβειαι",
      "roman": "présbeiai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβη",
      "roman": "présbē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεᾰ",
      "roman": "présbea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρεσβέως",
      "roman": "presbéōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρεσβῠ́τερος",
      "roman": "presbúteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρεσβῠ́τᾰτος",
      "roman": "presbútatos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πρέσβῠς",
        "2": "πρέσβειᾰ"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 15 14 14 8 10 7 7",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3",
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            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 941"
        },
        {
          "text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 665"
        }
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          "elderly"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.βys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/préz.bys/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.bys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.βys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "preîgus",
      "tags": [
        "Cretan"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "πρεσβεία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "presbeîon",
      "word": "πρεσβεῖον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "1": "ine-pro",
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    },
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "leader"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "in front"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "cow, cattle"
      },
      "expansion": "गव (gava, “cow, cattle”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "πρέσβῠς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "présbus",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πρέσβῠς",
      "roman": "ho présbus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πρέσβη",
      "roman": "tṑ présbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "hoi présbeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πρέσβεως",
      "roman": "toû présbeōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πρέσβεων",
      "roman": "tôn présbeōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πρέσβει",
      "roman": "tôi présbei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πρέσβεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs présbesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs présbesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πρέσβῠν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πρέσβη",
      "roman": "tṑ présbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "toùs présbeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβῠ",
      "roman": "présbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβη",
      "roman": "présbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "présbeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πρέσβῠς",
        "2": "πρέσβεως",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "πρέσβῠς • (présbus) m (genitive πρέσβεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "10": "πρέσβεων",
        "11": "πρέσβεσῐ(ν)",
        "12": "πρέσβεις",
        "2": "πρέσβῠς",
        "3": "πρέσβεως",
        "4": "πρέσβει",
        "5": "πρέσβῠν",
        "6": "πρέσβῠ",
        "7": "πρέσβη",
        "8": "-",
        "9": "πρέσβεις",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old man"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-DKUym1yx",
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 184,205,530"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder, chief, prince"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-R4rC~A79",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "revered, honored"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-8g5thruo",
      "links": [
        [
          "revered",
          "revered"
        ],
        [
          "honored",
          "honored"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(superlative) revered, honored"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 728"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ambassador"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-y3SwEcrL",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambassador",
          "ambassador"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 0 90 4 0 0",
          "roman": "presbeutḗs",
          "sense": "ambassador",
          "word": "πρεσβευτής"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Inscriptiones Laconiae 1237, 1326"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a political title, higher than γέρων (gérōn, “senator”): chief, president"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-S18KfuLG",
      "links": [
        [
          "γέρων",
          "γέρων#Ancient Greek"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "president",
          "president"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "at Sparta",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(at Sparta) a political title, higher than γέρων (gérōn, “senator”): chief, president"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 15 12 8 9 16 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 13 13 3 4 33 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 15 16 3 5 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 15 16 4 5 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.11,5"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a name of the τρόχιλος (trókhilos, “wren”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-lAQD7fq7",
      "links": [
        [
          "τρόχιλος",
          "τρόχιλος#Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.1,15"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of daw or chough"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρέσβυς-grc-noun-N0yYR~7l",
      "links": [
        [
          "daw",
          "daw"
        ],
        [
          "chough",
          "chough"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/préz.bys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.βys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/préz.bys/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.bys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.βys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "preîgus",
      "tags": [
        "Cretan"
      ],
      "word": "πρεῖγυς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πρέσβυς"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "présvys",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεις",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβειρα",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "feminine",
        "18": "πρέσβειρα",
        "19": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "πρέσβεις",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "πρέσβυς • (présvys) m (plural πρέσβεις, feminine πρέσβειρα)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "πρέσβεις",
        "f": "πρέσβειρα"
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    {
      "form": "τὼ πρέσβη",
      "roman": "tṑ présbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "hoi présbeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πρέσβεως",
      "roman": "toû présbeōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πρέσβεων",
      "roman": "tôn présbeōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πρέσβει",
      "roman": "tôi présbei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πρέσβεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs présbesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs présbesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πρέσβῠν",
      "roman": "tòn présbun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πρέσβη",
      "roman": "tṑ présbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "toùs présbeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβῠ",
      "roman": "présbu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβη",
      "roman": "présbē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεις",
      "roman": "présbeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πρέσβῠς",
        "2": "πρέσβεως",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "πρέσβῠς • (présbus) m (genitive πρέσβεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "10": "πρέσβεων",
        "11": "πρέσβεσῐ(ν)",
        "12": "πρέσβεις",
        "2": "πρέσβῠς",
        "3": "πρέσβεως",
        "4": "πρέσβει",
        "5": "πρέσβῠν",
        "6": "πρέσβῠ",
        "7": "πρέσβη",
        "8": "-",
        "9": "πρέσβεις",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 184,205,530"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder, chief, prince"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "revered, honored"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "revered",
          "revered"
        ],
        [
          "honored",
          "honored"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(superlative) revered, honored"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 728"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ambassador"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ambassador",
          "ambassador"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Inscriptiones Laconiae 1237, 1326"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a political title, higher than γέρων (gérōn, “senator”): chief, president"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "γέρων",
          "γέρων#Ancient Greek"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "president",
          "president"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "at Sparta",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(at Sparta) a political title, higher than γέρων (gérōn, “senator”): chief, president"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.11,5"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a name of the τρόχιλος (trókhilos, “wren”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "τρόχιλος",
          "τρόχιλος#Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.1,15"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of daw or chough"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daw",
          "daw"
        ],
        [
          "chough",
          "chough"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/préz.bys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.βys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/préz.bys/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.bys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.βys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprez.vis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "presbeutḗs",
      "sense": "ambassador",
      "word": "πρεσβευτής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "preîgus",
      "tags": [
        "Cretan"
      ],
      "word": "πρεῖγυς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πρέσβυς"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "présvys",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβεις",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρέσβειρα",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "feminine",
        "18": "πρέσβειρα",
        "19": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "πρέσβεις",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "πρέσβυς • (présvys) m (plural πρέσβεις, feminine πρέσβειρα)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "πρέσβεις",
        "f": "πρέσβειρα"
      },
      "expansion": "πρέσβυς • (présvys) m (plural πρέσβεις, feminine πρέσβειρα)",
      "name": "el-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "ambassador",
      "roman": "présvis",
      "sense": "see",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρέσβης"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "présvis, “ambassador”",
          "word": "πρέσβης"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek irregular nouns",
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek masculine nouns",
        "Greek nouns",
        "Katharevousa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Katharevousa form of πρέσβης (présvis, “ambassador”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Katharevousa",
          "Katharevousa"
        ],
        [
          "πρέσβης",
          "πρέσβης#Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Katharevousa",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "πρέσβυς"
}

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