Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γέρας

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: γέρας

Structure: γεραο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. gift of honor
  2. gift (generally)
  3. privilege, prerogative
  4. perquisite
  5. reward

Declension

Third declension

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

  • ὣσ γὰρ ἐβούλευσεν Στὺξ ἄφθιτοσ Ὠκεανίνη ἤματι τῷ, ὅτε πάντασ Ὀλύμπιοσ ἀστεροπητὴσ ἀθανάτουσ ἐκάλεσσε θεοὺσ ἐσ μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον, εἶπε δ’, ὃσ ἂν μετὰ εἱο͂ θεῶν Τιτῆσι μάχοιτο, μή τιν’ ἀπορραίσειν γεράων, τιμὴν δὲ ἕκαστον ἑξέμεν, ἣν τὸ πάροσ γε μετ’ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν τὸν δ’ ἔφαθ’, ὅστισ ἄτιμοσ ὑπὸ Κρόνου ἠδ’ ἀγέραστοσ, τιμῆσ καὶ γεράων ἐπιβησέμεν, ἧ θέμισ ἐστίν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 40:3)
  • καί νύ κε πάμπαν ὄλεσσε γένοσ μερόπων ἀνθρώπων λιμοῦ ὑπ’ ἀργαλέησ, γεράων τ’ ἐρικυδέα τιμὴν καὶ θυσιῶν ἤμερσεν Ὀλύμπια δώματ’ ἔχοντασ, εἰ μὴ Ζεὺσ ἐνόησεν ἑῷ τ’ ἐφράσσατο θυμῷ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 32:7)
  • ἐπεὶ χόλοσ αἰνὸσ ὄπαζεν Κύπιδοσ, οὕνεκά μιν γεράων ἐπὶ δηρὸν ἄτισσαν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 11:18)
  • γεράων δὲ θεοῖσ κάλλιστον ἀοιδαί. (Theocritus, Idylls, 139)

Related

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

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