πρέσβυς , in Hom. only fem.
πρέσβα, comp. πρεσβύτερος, sup. πρεσβύτατος: aged, venerable, honored, comp.
older, sup. oldest;
Ἥρη πρέσβα θεα?, not with reference
to age (although of course it never made any difference how old a
goddess was), Il. 5.721; cf. Od. 4.59.