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γέρων

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γέρων γέροντος

Structure: γεροντ (Stem)

Sense

  1. an old man
  2. (in the plural) elders, i.e. a ruling or advisory council
  3. (as an adjective) old

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

  • ὦ βασάνων βιαιότερε γέρον, καὶ πυρὸσ εὐτονώτερε πρεσβῦτα, καὶ παθῶν μέγιστε βασιλεῦ Ἐλεάζαρε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:10)
  • μετέλαχεσ τύχασ Οἰδιπόδα, γέρον, μέροσ καὶ σὺ <καὶ> πόλισ ἐμὰ τλάμων. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, lyric2)
  • ἡγοῦ μοι, γέρον. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode18)
  • ἢ πρὸσ τὸ δεινὸν ἤλθεθ’ ὡσ ἐχθράν, γέρον, κτείνοντεσ; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode28)
  • ὀρθῶσ ὦ γέρον. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. an old man

  2. elders

  3. old

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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