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

  • "αἰθομένου γὰρ πυρὸσ γεραρώτερον οἶκον ἰδέσθαι καὶ ἄνθρωπον ὡσ ἐοίκε φαιδρότερον ὑπὸ τῆσ ἐρωτικῆσ θερμότητοσ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 18 1:4)

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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