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old woman πρεσβῦτις, -ιδος, ἡ fem, of πρεσβύτης, [in LXX: 4Ma.16:14 * ;] an aged woman: Tit.2:3.† (AS)

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old woman Related to: πρεσβύτης [ῠ], ητος, Doric dialect -ας, ατος, ἡ, age, seniority, [[ Test.Epict. 4.28, 6.29: opposed to νεότας,] Refs] probably restoration in [[ “IG” 5(1).1427.5 (from Messene).

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age, πρέσβ-ις(B),εως,ἡ, poet. forπρεσβεία, A. age, κατὰ πρέσβινaccording toage, h. Merc. 431 , Pl. Lg. 855d , etc. II. aged woman, v.l. for πρεσβῦτις in Aesop. 107b ( pp.182,183 Chambry). 2. amba

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Aër. πρεσβ-ύτης [ῡ],ου,ὁ, prose form of A. πρέσβυς 1 , Hp. Aër. 10 (pl.), Th. 3.67 (pl.), Arist. EN 1157b14 (pl.), etc.; the sixth of the seven ages, Hp. Hebd. 5 ; also in Trag. and Com., E. Ph.

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