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

  1. 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

Greek

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