πρεσβεύω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]πρέσβυς (présbus) + -εύω (-eúō)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prez.běu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prezˈbe.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prezˈβe.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prezˈve.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prezˈve.vo/
Verb
[edit]πρεσβεύω • (presbeúō)
- (intransitive) to be the elder or eldest
- to take the first place, be best
- to rank before, take precedence of [with genitive]
- to rule over [with genitive]
- (transitive) to place (someone or something) as eldest or first, to put first in rank
- to pay honor or worship
- (passive voice) to hold the first place
- to serve an ambassador
- to negotiate (e.g. peace) as an ambassador
- (middle voice) to send ambassadors
Conjugation
[edit] Present: πρεσβεύω, πρεσβεύομαι
Imperfect: ἐπρέσβευον, ἐπρεσβευόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπρέσβευον | ἐπρέσβευες | ἐπρέσβευε(ν) | ἐπρεσβεύετον | ἐπρεσβευέτην | ἐπρεσβεύομεν | ἐπρεσβεύετε | ἐπρέσβευον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπρεσβευόμην | ἐπρεσβεύου | ἐπρεσβεύετο | ἐπρεσβεύεσθον | ἐπρεσβευέσθην | ἐπρεσβευόμεθᾰ | ἐπρεσβεύεσθε | ἐπρεσβεύοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: πεπρέσβευκᾰ, πεπρέσβευμαι
Further reading
[edit]- πρεσβεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πρεσβεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4243 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accredited idem, page 7.
- ambassador idem, page 26.
- best idem, page 75.
- elder idem, page 265.
- embassy idem, page 267.
- first idem, page 323.
- honour idem, page 404.
- mission idem, page 535.
- precedence idem, page 634.
- senior idem, page 752.