πρέσβυς – Ancient Greek noun declension

Ancient Greek noun forms of πρέσβυς

Noun: πρέσβυς
Hyphenation:
Gender:

Nominative

Singularπρέσβῠς
Dualπρέσβει
Pluralπρέσβεις
Singularprésbŭs
Dualprésbei
Pluralprésbeis

Genitive

Singularπρέσβεως; πρέσβεος
Dualπρεσβέοιν
Pluralπρέσβεων
Singularprésbeōs; présbeos
Dualpresbéoin
Pluralprésbeōn

Dative

Singularπρέσβει
Dualπρεσβέοιν
Pluralπρέσβεσῐ; πρέσβεσῐν
Singulartōî présbei
Dualpresbéoin
Pluralprésbesĭ; présbesĭn

Accusative

Singularπρέσβῠν
Dualπρέσβει
Pluralπρέσβεις
Singularprésbŭn
Dualprésbei
Pluralprésbeis

Vocative

Singularπρέσβῠ
Dualπρέσβει
Pluralπρέσβεις
Singularprésbŭ
Dualprésbei
Pluralprésbeis

Sample Sentences

  • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 184,205,530
  • 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 728
  • Inscriptiones Laconiae 1237, 1326
  • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.11,5
  • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.1,15

Nouns inflected like πρέσβυς

πρέσβυς,

Etymology

1. The first component of the word is likely from Proto-Indo-European *pres (“before, in front”), an extended form of *per-. The second component is debated:
2. * From Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”), thus "one who leads cattle".
3. * From Proto-Indo-European *gʷew-, a variant of *gʷem- (“to go”), thus "one who goes in front". Compare Sanskrit पुरोगव (purogava, “leader”), from पुरस् (puras, “in front”) and गम् (gam, “to go”).
4. * Together with the first component, from Proto-Indo-European *pre(y)sgʷu-, and cognate with Old Armenian երէց (erēcʻ, “elder, senior”) and Latin priscus (“ancient”), pristinus (“primitive, pristine”). See: Latin Nouns 'priscus'.

Verbs referencing "πρέσβυς"

English Nouns presbyopia, French Nouns presbyte, Spanish Nouns presbicia, English Nouns presbypropria, English Nouns presbyacusis.

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