πρεσβ-εῖον,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πρεσβ-ήϊον, τό, gift of honour, πρώτῳ τοι μετ᾽ ἐμὲ πρεσβήϊον ἐν χερὶ θήσω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.289; λαχὼν πρεσβήϊα τέχνης “Anthologia Graeca” 9.656.6. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 privilege of age, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.787d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.29 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, generally, privilege: plural, prerogatives, πρεσβεῖα διδόναι τινί, with infinitive, give him as a privilege, to.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524a; πρεσβείων ἐπιλαμβάνειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1242a6: with _genitive_, γῆς πρεσβεῖα] Refs 5th c.BC+] chief share or sovereignty of the land, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 24.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 right of the eldest, his share of the inheritance, πρεσβεῖα λαβεῖν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.35, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.1.1; ἀπολιπεῖν π. τὴν ἀρχήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὰ π., ={κατὰ πρεσβείαν}, [[ LXX.Gen.43.33, compare 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus 58J. ] LXX+1st c.BC+]
__II old age itself, [[ LXX.Psa.70(71).18. ] LXX]