ELDER Copy link • ELDER 1. major natu (opposed to minor natu); also major only: prior: superior (the one who lived first; e.g., the elder Dionysius, Dionysius superior). The elders, or one’s e., senes; parentes (opposed to liberi). In the Church, presbyter (Eccl.). 2. s. sambucus: arbor sambucea (*sambucus nigra, Linn.). Elderberry, sambucum (late). Elder flower, flos sambuci: elder syrup, *succi sambucis expressi.