eldest
From LSJ
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
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 ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ (Thuc. 6, 55). The share of the eldest (in inheritance): P. πρεσβεῖον, τό.
