Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • ἀλλ’, ὦ γεραιοί, καὶ τὰ δωμάτων ἔσω σκοπῶμεν, εἰ πράσσει τισ ὡσ ἐγὼ θέλω. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, strophe 18)
  • ὦ πιστὰ πιστῶν ἥλικέσ θ’ ἥβησ ἐμῆσ Πέρσαι γεραιοί, τίνα πόλισ πονεῖ πόνον; (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests1)
  • οὔτε γὰρ Ιοὐδαίων οἱ γεραιοὶ τοὺσ ἰδίουσ στασιαστὰσ κατέχειν οἱοῖ́ τε ἦσαν καὶ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν αἶσχοσ ἐδόκει Ιοὐδαίων ἐλαττοῦσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 353:3)

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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