πρεσβ-εύω,
perfect πεπρέσβευκα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 610, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.310 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, aorist ἐπρεσβευσάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.92, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, perfect πεπρέσβευμαι (see. below):
__I properly of age,
__I.1 intransitive, to be the elder or eldest, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1422; οἱ ἀεὶ πρεσβεύοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 951e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive person, to be older than, be the eldest of a number, τῶν προτέρων ἐπρέσβευε [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.2; π. τῶν ἄλλων κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 114 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ to be his eldest son, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wine, πολλαῖς π. ἐτέων.. ὥραις [[ 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 60.2; π. τοῖς χρόνοις τὰ ἡρωικά 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.19a: hence, ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.1.b take the first place, be best, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 720 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷσι πρεσβεύει γένος, of the male sex, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 45. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.1.c with genitive, rank before, take precedence of others, π. τῶν πολλῶν πόλεων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 752e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, rule over, Ολύμπου π. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1389; Ἴναχε.. μέγα πρεσβεύων Ἄργους γύαις [prev. author] “fragment” 270 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, have at one's command or disposal, with genitive, καὶ εἰ (καὶ σὺ Kaibel) τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ πρεσβεύεις [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.352d. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]