eldest
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
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).
