πρέσβα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /préz.ba/ → /ˈprez.βa/ → /ˈprez.va/

• (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 • (présbă)

1. (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.