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

  • εἶτα νύκτωρ κοιμώμενοσ ὄψιν εἶδε θαυμαστήν ἀνὴρ πολιὸσ εὖ μάλα τὴν κόμην καὶ γεραρὸσ τὸ εἶδοσ ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ παραστὰσ λέγειν τὰ ἔπη τάδε· (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 26 3:1)

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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