πρεσβ-ευτής,οῦ,ὁ,
A. ambassador,
IG 12.22.27 , Th. 5.4 , Pl. Lg. 941a , POxy. 933.31
(ii A. D.), etc.: pl.πρεσβευταίis at first less freq., later more freq., than πρέσβεις, πρεσβευτὰς πάντας ὑμᾶς ἡμεῖς οἱ πρέσβεις ποιοῦμεν
And. 3.41
, cf. Th. 8.77 (interpol.), IG 22.858.6
(iii B. C.), 1224.26
(ii B. C.), Alciphr. 2.2 .
II. agentorcommissioner,
ὑπέρ τινος
D. 45.64
.
2. =Lat.legatus, staff officer,etc., Plb. 35.4.5 , Plu. Mar. 7 , etc.;π. καὶ ἀντιστράτηγος, = legatus pro praetore,
IG 14.1121 , etc.