πρεσβύτης
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prez.bý.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prezˈby.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prezˈβy.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prezˈvy.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prezˈvi.tis/
Noun
[edit]πρεσβῠ́της • (presbútēs) f (genitive πρεσβῠ́τητος); third declension (Attic)
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πρεσβῠ́της hē presbútēs |
τὼ πρεσβῠ́τητε tṑ presbútēte |
αἱ πρεσβῠ́τητες hai presbútētes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πρεσβῠ́τητος tês presbútētos |
τοῖν πρεσβῠτήτοιν toîn presbutḗtoin |
τῶν πρεσβῠτήτων tôn presbutḗtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πρεσβῠ́τητῐ têi presbútēti |
τοῖν πρεσβῠτήτοιν toîn presbutḗtoin |
ταῖς πρεσβῠ́τησῐ / πρεσβῠ́τησῐν taîs presbútēsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πρεσβῠ́τητᾰ tḕn presbútēta |
τὼ πρεσβῠ́τητε tṑ presbútēte |
τᾱ̀ς πρεσβῠ́τητᾰς tā̀s presbútētas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρεσβῠ́της presbútēs |
πρεσβῠ́τητε presbútēte |
πρεσβῠ́τητες presbútētes | ||||||||||
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Alternative forms
[edit]- πρεσβῠ́τᾱς (presbútās) — Doric
Synonyms
[edit]- γῆρας (gêras)
Antonyms
[edit]- νεότης (neótēs)
Further reading
[edit]- “πρεσβύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
[edit]Prose form of πρέσβυς (présbus).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prez.by̌ː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prezˈby.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prezˈβy.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prezˈvy.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prezˈvi.tis/
Noun
[edit]πρεσβῡ́της • (presbū́tēs) m (genitive πρεσβῡ́του); second declension (Attic)
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πρεσβῡ́της ho presbū́tēs |
τὼ πρεσβῡ́τᾱ tṑ presbū́tā |
οἱ πρεσβῦται hoi presbûtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πρεσβῡ́του toû presbū́tou |
τοῖν πρεσβῡ́ταιν toîn presbū́tain |
τῶν πρεσβῡτῶν tôn presbūtôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πρεσβῡ́τῃ tôi presbū́tēi |
τοῖν πρεσβῡ́ταιν toîn presbū́tain |
τοῖς πρεσβῡ́ταις toîs presbū́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πρεσβῡ́την tòn presbū́tēn |
τὼ πρεσβῡ́τᾱ tṑ presbū́tā |
τοὺς πρεσβῡ́τᾱς toùs presbū́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρεσβῦτᾰ presbûta |
πρεσβῡ́τᾱ presbū́tā |
πρεσβῦται presbûtai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]- γέρων (gérōn)
Antonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “πρεσβύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρεσβύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (abstract noun)
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension