Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γεραρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γεραρός

Structure: γεραρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gerai/rw

Sense

  1. of reverend bearing, majestic
  2. priests, priestesses

Examples

  • νῦν δ’ ἐνὶ χερσὶν παῖδασ ἑοὺσ πάτρην τε φίλην, γεραρούσ τε τοκῆασ ἴσχομεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 4:13)
  • σῆσ τόδε διφρελάτειρα τὸ χάλκεον ἄνθετο Νίκα εἴκηλον μορφᾶσ, Καλλιόπα, ζαθέασ, πρέσβυσ ὅτι σφριγόωντασ ἐν ἱπποδάμῳ πλέον ἀλκᾷ νίκησασ, γεραροὺσ δ’ ὢν νέοσ ἐν σοφίῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3591)

Synonyms

  1. of reverend bearing

  2. priests

Related

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

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