πρέσβα

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /préz.ba/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈprez.ba/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈprez.βa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈprez.va/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈprez.va/

Adjective

πρέσβᾰ • (présba)

(Epic) feminine nominative singular of πρέσβυς (présbus, “revered, honored”)

Usage notes

Occurs only in the nominative singular and only in the sense “revered, honored”, never “old, aged”; found in Homer primarily as an epithet of Hera.

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