πρέσβεσι (presbesi)

πρέσβεσι is an Ancient Greek form of πρέσβυς, meaning “old; elder, ambassador”.

It can also be a form of πρέσβις, “age; (pl.) ambassadors”. It is the dative plural feminine noun.

It can also be a form of πρέσβος, “object of reverence; august assembly”.

Found 43 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Romulus 24.1: … τὸ Λαύρεντον οἰκοῦσιν ὅμοια συνέβαινεν, ἤδη παντάπασιν ἐδόκει τῶν ἐπὶ Τατίῳ συγκεχυμένων δικαίων ἐπί τε τοῖς πρέσβεσι φονευθεῖσι μήνιμα δαιμόνιον ἀμφοτέρας ἐλαύνειν τὰς πόλεις.

All forms of πρέσβυς (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.