γερουσία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from γέρων (gérōn, “old man”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ruː.sí.aː/ → /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/ → /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ruː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ruˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/

Noun

γερουσῐ́ᾱ • (gerousíā) f (genitive γερουσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. The council of elders, the Senate (especially at Sparta)
2. A sacred college

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γερουσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γερουσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γερουσῐ́ᾱ hē gerousíā	τὼ γερουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ gerousíā	αἱ γερουσῐ́αι hai gerousíai
Genitive	τῆς γερουσῐ́ᾱς tês gerousíās	τοῖν γερουσῐ́αιν toîn gerousíain	τῶν γερουσῐῶν tôn gerousiôn
Dative	τῇ γερουσῐ́ᾳ têi gerousíāi	τοῖν γερουσῐ́αιν toîn gerousíain	ταῖς γερουσῐ́αις taîs gerousíais
Accusative	τὴν γερουσῐ́ᾱν tḕn gerousíān	τὼ γερουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ gerousíā	τᾱ̀ς γερουσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s gerousíās
Vocative	γερουσῐ́ᾱ gerousíā	γερουσῐ́ᾱ gerousíā	γερουσῐ́αι gerousíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: gerusīa

See also

• γερωΐα (gerōḯa)
• γεροντία (gerontía)

Further reading

• “γερουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γερουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γερουσία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Noun

γερουσία • (gerousía) f (plural γερουσίες)

1. (government) senate

Declension

Declension of γερουσία

	singular	plural
nominative	γερουσία •	γερουσίες •
genitive	γερουσίας •	—
accusative	γερουσία •	γερουσίες •
vocative	γερουσία •	γερουσίες •

Related terms

• γερουσιαστής m or f (gerousiastís, “senator”)

Further reading

• γερουσία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el