eldest

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. πρεσβύτατος, V. προφέρτατος, πρέσβιστος.

Fem. adj., Ar. and V. πρέσβειρα (of a goddess).

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

the share of the eldest (in inheritance): P. πρεσβεῖον, τό.