πρεσβυτέριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρεσβῠ́τερος (presbŭ́teros, “old”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), from πρέσβῠς (présbŭs, “old man”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prez.by.té.ri.on/ → /prez.βyˈte.ri.on/ → /prez.viˈte.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prez.by.té.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prez.byˈte.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prez.βyˈte.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prez.vyˈte.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prez.viˈte.ri.on/

Noun

πρεσβῠτέρῐον • (presbŭtérĭon) n (genitive πρεσβῠτερῐ́ου); second declension

1. council, body of elders, presbytery

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πρεσβῠτέρῐον; τοῦ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πρεσβῠτέρῐον tò presbŭtérĭon	τὼ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ω tṑ presbŭterĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πρεσβῠτέρῐᾰ tằ presbŭtérĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ου toû presbŭterĭ́ou	τοῖν πρεσβῠτερῐ́οιν toîn presbŭterĭ́oin	τῶν πρεσβῠτερῐ́ων tôn presbŭterĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ῳ tôi presbŭterĭ́ōi	τοῖν πρεσβῠτερῐ́οιν toîn presbŭterĭ́oin	τοῖς πρεσβῠτερῐ́οις toîs presbŭterĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πρεσβῠτέρῐον tò presbŭtérĭon	τὼ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ω tṑ presbŭterĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πρεσβῠτέρῐᾰ tằ presbŭtérĭă
Vocative	πρεσβῠτέρῐον presbŭtérĭon	πρεσβῠτερῐ́ω presbŭterĭ́ō	πρεσβῠτέρῐᾰ presbŭtérĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: presbytery
• → Gothic: 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌱𐍅𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹 (praizbwtairei)
• Greek: πρεσβυτέριο (presvytério)
• → Latin: presbyterium

References

• “πρεσβυτέριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρεσβυτέριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρεσβυτέριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4244 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible