πρεσβ-εία, ἡ,
age, seniority, right of the elder, κατὰ πρεσβείαν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 4 (_anapaest meter_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259b12: hence, ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 rank, dignity, πρεσβείᾳ καὶ δυνάμει ὑπερέχειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 509b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II embassy, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 570, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 422d, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 body of ambassadors, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 647, “Eq.” 795, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.72, 4.118, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.1, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.23 (_plural_), etc.; καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια τὴν π. “IG” 12.19.14, +others; καλέσαι τὴν π. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [prev. work]22.1.54. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III intercession, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 33. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]