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===adjective===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρεσβύτατος]], [[verse|V.]] [[προφέρτατος]], [[πρέσβιστος]].

Fem. adj., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρέσβειρα]] (of a [[goddess]]).

[[because he was his eldest son]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διὰ τὸ πρεσβεύειν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 6, 55).

[[the share of the eldest]] ([[in inheritance]]): [[prose|P.]] [[πρεσβεῖον]], τό.
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