πρεσβ-εύω · presb-euō — LSJ
to be the elder
The corpus record
πρεσβ-εύω
presbeuo
to be the elder
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Distribution
- On the False Embassy 37 · 16.09/10k
- Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
- On Halonnesus 2 · 8.22/10k
- On the Scrutiny of Evandros 1 · 7.25/10k
- Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
- First Olynthiac 1 · 5.49/10k
- For the Megalopolitans 1 · 5.4/10k
- Second Philippic 1 · 5.01/10k
- Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
- Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
- Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
- On the Property of Aristophanes 1 · 3.22/10k
Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- πρεσβεύων · presbeuōn Plato, Republic 9.591 (DIORISIS sentence 5809)
- πρεσβεύωμεν · presbeuōmen Plato, Symposium 186 (DIORISIS sentence 252)
- πρεσβεύῃ · presbeuēi Plato, Symposium 188 (DIORISIS sentence 282)
- πρεσβεύομεν · presbeuomen Epictetus, Discourses 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 6905)
- πρεσβεύων · presbeuōn Herodotus, Histories 5.93.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6018)
- ἐπρέσβευε · epresbeue Herodotus, Histories 7.2.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7027)
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