πρεσβεία
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See also: πρεσβεῖα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πρεσβ(εύω) (presb(eúō), “I am elderly; I am ambassador”) + -εία (-eía, “nominal suffix”) and see πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder”).[1]
Noun
πρεσβεία • (presbeía) f (genitive πρεσβείας); first declension
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References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρέσβυς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1231-2
Further reading
- πρεσβεία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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