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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

  • ἀλλ’, ὦ γεραιὲ πούσ, ἐπίσπευσον μόλισ, ὡσ ἀσπάσωμαι τὴν ταλαίπωρον πόλιν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 1:8)
  • τί δ’, ὦ γεραιέ, διάβροχον τόδ’ ὄμμ’ ἔχεισ; (Euripides, episode 1:4)
  • χαῖρ’, ὦ γεραιέ. (Euripides, episode 3:7)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐκέτ’, ὦ γεραιέ· (Euripides, episode 3:36)
  • σὺ δ’, ὦ γεραιέ ‐ καίριοσ γὰρ ἤλυθεσ ‐ λέξον, τί δρῶν ἂν φονέα τεισαίμην πατρόσ; (Euripides, episode, lyric 1:3)

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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