πρεσβύτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (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
πρεσβῠ́της • (presbŭ́tēs) f (genitive πρεσβῠ́τητος); third declension (Attic)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πρεσβῠ́της hē presbŭ́tēs |
τὼ πρεσβῠ́τητε tṑ presbŭ́tēte |
αἱ πρεσβῠ́τητες hai presbŭ́tētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πρεσβῠ́τητος tês presbŭ́tētos |
τοῖν πρεσβῠτήτοιν toîn presbŭtḗtoin |
τῶν πρεσβῠτήτων tôn presbŭtḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πρεσβῠ́τητῐ tēî presbŭ́tētĭ |
τοῖν πρεσβῠτήτοιν toîn presbŭtḗtoin |
ταῖς πρεσβῠ́τησῐ / πρεσβῠ́τησῐν taîs presbŭ́tēsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πρεσβῠ́τητᾰ tḕn presbŭ́tētă |
τὼ πρεσβῠ́τητε tṑ presbŭ́tēte |
τᾱ̀ς πρεσβῠ́τητᾰς tā̀s presbŭ́tētăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρεσβῠ́της presbŭ́tēs |
πρεσβῠ́τητε presbŭ́tēte |
πρεσβῠ́τητες presbŭ́tētes | ||||||||||
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Alternative forms
- πρεσβῠ́τᾱς (presbŭ́tās) — Doric
Synonyms
- γῆρας (gêras)
Antonyms
- νεότης (neótēs)
Further reading
- “πρεσβύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
Prose form of πρέσβυς (présbus).
Pronunciation
- (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
πρεσβῡ́της • (presbū́tēs) m (genitive πρεσβῡ́του); second declension (Attic)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 tōî presbū́tēi |
τοῖν πρεσβῡ́ταιν toîn presbū́tain |
τοῖς πρεσβῡ́ταις toîs presbū́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πρεσβῡ́την tòn presbū́tēn |
τὼ πρεσβῡ́τᾱ tṑ presbū́tā |
τοὺς πρεσβῡ́τᾱς toùs presbū́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρεσβῦτᾰ presbûtă |
πρεσβῡ́τᾱ presbū́tā |
πρεσβῦται presbûtai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- γέρων (gérōn)
Antonyms
Further reading
- “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