Gerasa

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γέρασα (Gérasa).

Proper noun[edit]

Gerasa f sg (genitive Gerasae); first declension

  1. A city of the Decapolis, now Jerash in Jordan

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gerasa
Genitive Gerasae
Dative Gerasae
Accusative Gerasam
Ablative Gerasā
Vocative Gerasa
Locative Gerasae

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: Geraza

References[edit]

  • Gerasa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly