eldest
From LSJ
Γυναῖκα θάπτειν κρεῖσσόν ἐστιν ἢ γαμεῖν → Sepelire satius feminam quam ducere → Ein Weib bestatten, besser ist's als heiraten
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).
