presbugenhv"
presbuØ-genhv" , ev" , ( givgnomai ) eldest-born, first-born, Il., Eur.
II. oiJ presbugenei`" the senators, Plut.
prevsbu", PRE vSBUS
PRE vSBUS , ew", oJ , voc. prevsbu :— an old man, Lat. senex , (the prose form is presbuvth" ), Soph. , Eur. :— oJ prevsbu" is used much like oJ presbuvtero" , the elder, Aesch .: —pl. prevsbei" , elders, always implying dignity, chiefs, princes, Id.; Ep. prevsbhe" Hes.
2. Hom. uses only the Comp. and Sup. , Comp. presbuvtero", a, on , elder, older, Il., Hdt. , Pind. , Att. ; ejniautw`/ by a year, Ar. ; boulai; presbuvterai the wise councils of age, Pind .; —Sup. presbuvtato", h, on , eldest, Il., Hes. , etc. :—the Comp. and Sup. were used of things, presbuvterovn ti (or oujde;n ) e[cein = Lat. aliquid (or nihil) antiquius habere, to deem higher, more important, ta; tou` qeou` presbuvtera poiei`sqai h] ta; tw`n ajndrw`n Hdt .; presbuvtaton krivnein ti Thuc .; presbutevrw" gumnastikh;n mousikh`" tetimhkevnai more highly than. . , Plat .:—hence, merely of magnitude, presbuvteron kako;n kakou` one evil greater than another, Soph.
II. like presbeuthv" , an ambassador, Aesch ., Ar. ;— pl. prevsbei" is more used than presbeutaiv , Ar. , Xen. , etc.
III. a chief, president: Comp. presbuvtero" , an elder of the Jewish Council, N.T ., etc. : an elder of the Church, presbyter, Ib. Hence presbutevrion
presbutevrion
presbuØtevrion or -ei`on , tov , a council of elders, N.T.
presbuvth"
presbuvth" »u<Eth>1/4, ou, oJ , = prevsbu" I , Aesch. , etc. :— fem. presbu`ti" , ido" , an aged woman, Id. Hence presbutikov"
presbutikov"
presbu<Eth>tikov" , hv, ovn , like an old man, elderly, Lat. senilis , o[clo" Ar .; kaka; pr . the evils of age, Id.
2. old-fashioned, antiquated, Id.:— Adv. -kw`" , Plut.
preumevneia
preumevneia , hJ , gentleness of temper, graciousness, Eur.
preumenhv"
preumenhv" , ev" , ( pra`o", mevno" ) poët. Adj. gentle of mood, friendly, gracious, favourable, Aesch ., Eur. :— Adv. -nw`" , Aesch.
II. propitiatory, Id.
prewvn , ovno", oJ , poët. for prwvn , Anth.
prh`gma
prh`gma, prhgma±teuvomai , Ion. for pragm- .
prhgorewvn
prhgorewvn or prhgorwvn , w`no", oJ , the crop of birds, Ar. (From prov, ajgeivrw , because birds collect their food there before it passes into the second stomach.)