γῆρας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵērh₂-s, a lengthened-grade derivative of *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”). Cognate with Sanskrit जरा (jarā́, “old age”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡɛ̂ː.ras/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe̝.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ras/
Noun
γῆρᾰς • (gêras) n (genitive γήρᾰος); third declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ γῆρᾰς tò gêras | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γήρᾰος toû gḗraos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γήραϊ / γήρᾳ / γήρατι tôi gḗraï / gḗrāi / gḗrati | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ γῆρᾰς tò gêras | ||||||||||||
Vocative | γῆρᾰς gêras | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καλόγηρος (kalógēros)
Related terms
Further reading
- “γῆρας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γῆρας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “γῆρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- age idem, page 18.
- decrepitude idem, page 202.
- dotage idem, page 247.
- old age idem, page 572.
- senility idem, page 752.
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