πρεσβυτέριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρεσβῠ́τερος (presbŭ́teros, “old”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), from πρέσβῠς (présbŭs, “old man”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρεσβῠτέρῐον • (presbŭtérĭon) n (genitive πρεσβῠτερῐ́ου); second declension

  1. council, body of elders, presbytery

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πρεσβῠτέρῐον; τοῦ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πρεσβῠτέρῐον
tò presbŭtérĭon 		τὼ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ω
tṑ presbŭterĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ πρεσβῠτέρῐᾰ
tằ presbŭtérĭă
Genitive τοῦ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ου
toû presbŭterĭ́ou 		τοῖν πρεσβῠτερῐ́οιν
toîn presbŭterĭ́oin 		τῶν πρεσβῠτερῐ́ων
tôn presbŭterĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ῳ
tōî presbŭterĭ́ōi 		τοῖν πρεσβῠτερῐ́οιν
toîn presbŭterĭ́oin 		τοῖς πρεσβῠτερῐ́οις
toîs presbŭterĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ πρεσβῠτέρῐον
tò presbŭtérĭon 		τὼ πρεσβῠτερῐ́ω
tṑ presbŭterĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ πρεσβῠτέρῐᾰ
tằ presbŭtérĭă
Vocative πρεσβῠτέρῐον
presbŭtérĭon 		πρεσβῠτερῐ́ω
presbŭterĭ́ō 		πρεσβῠτέρῐᾰ
presbŭtérĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: presbytery
  • → Gothic: 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌱𐍅𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹 (praizbwtairei)
  • Greek: πρεσβυτέριο (presvytério)
  • → Latin: presbyterium

References

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