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γεραιός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γεραιός γεραιή γεραιόν

Structure: γεραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = ghraio/s

Sense

  1. old, signor, that reverend sire, the elders, senators, eldest
  2. ancient

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative γεραιός γεραιᾱ́ γεραιόν
Genitive γεραιοῦ γεραιᾶς γεραιοῦ
Dative γεραιῷ γεραιᾷ γεραιῷ
Accusative γεραιόν γεραιᾱ́ν γεραιόν
Vocative γεραιέ γεραιᾱ́ γεραιόν
DualN/A/V γεραιώ γεραιᾱ́ γεραιώ
G/D γεραιοῖν γεραιαῖν γεραιοῖν
PluralNominative γεραιοί γεραιαί γεραιά
Genitive γεραιῶν γεραιῶν γεραιῶν
Dative γεραιοῖς γεραιαῖς γεραιοῖς
Accusative γεραιούς γεραιᾱ́ς γεραιά
Vocative γεραιοί γεραιαί γεραιά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective γεραιός γεραιοῦ γεραιτέρος γεραιτεροῦ γεραιτάτος γεραιτατοῦ
Adverb γεραιώς γεραιτέρον γεραιτάτα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἄγ’, ὦ γεραιαί, στείχετε, γλαυκὴν χλόην αὐτοῦ λιποῦσαι, φυλλάδοσ καταστροφῇ θεούσ τε καὶ γῆν τήν τε πυρφόρον θεὰν Δήμητρα θέμεναι μάρτυρ’ ἡλίου τε φῶσ, ὡσ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἤρκεσαν λιταὶ θεῶν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:4)
  • ἀλλ’, ὦ γεραιαί, σέμν’ ἀφαιρεῖτε στέφη μητρόσ, πρὸσ οἴκουσ ὥσ νιν Αἰγέωσ ἄγω, φίλην προσάψασ χεῖρα· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic 1:16)
  • βῆ δ’ ἰέναι, πολλαὶ δὲ μετεσσεύοντο γεραιαί. (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 28:6)

Synonyms

  1. ancient

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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