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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 ἄνδρεσ, χρὴ ποιεῖν ἀκούοντασ μὲν οὕτω γελοίων ῥήσεων, ὁρῶντασ ^ δὲ ἄνδρασ γέροντασ δοξαρίου καταπτύστου ἕνεκα μονονουχὶ κυβιστῶντασ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ; (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:1)
  • τοὺσ γέροντασ λέγεισ; (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 5:13)
  • αἰτίαι τε τοῖσ μὲν ἀνδράσιν ἄλλαι, ταῖσ δὲ γυναιξὶν ἕτεραι, καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν αὐτῶν τοῖσ μὲν νέοισ ἄλλαι, τοῖσ δὲ γεγηρακόσιν διάφοροι, οἱο͂ν νέοισ μὲν πλῆθοσ ^ ὡσ τὸ πολύ, γέροντασ δὲ καὶ διαβολὴ ἄκαιροσ καὶ ὀργὴ ἄλογοσ πολλάκισ κατ’ οἰκείων ἐμπεσοῦσα τὸ μὲν πρῶτον διετάραξεν, εἶτα κατ’ ὀλίγον ἐσ μανίαν περιέτρεψεν. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 30:3)
  • "οὐ γὰρ ἡγοῦμαι πρέπειν ἀποκαλύψαι καὶ διαφωτίσαι τὰσ νυκτερινὰσ ἐκείνασ διατριβὰσ καὶ τὸν ὑπὸ ^ σκηνῆσ ἑκάστου βίον, ἀλλὰ κἄν τινα ἴδω αὐτῶν μοιχεύοντα ἢ κλέπτοντα ἢ ἄλλο τι τολμῶντα νυκτερινώτατον, εὐθὺσ ἐπισπασαμένη τὸ νέφοσ ἐνεκαλυψάμην, ἵνα μὴ δείξω τοῖσ πολλοῖσ γέροντασ ἄνδρασ βαθεῖ πώγωνι καὶ ἀρετῇ ἐνασχημονοῦντασ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 20:11)
  • "οἶδα χαίροντασ, εἴ τισ αὐτοὺσ ἐπαινῶν καὶ ἃ μὴ ἔχουσιν προσάπτοι τῷ λόγῳ, οἱο͂ν εἰ γέροντασ ὄντασ εὐδαιμονίζοι τῆσ ἀκμῆσ ἢ ἀμόρφοισ οὖσι τὸ Νιρέωσ κάλλοσ ἢ τὸ Φάωνοσ περιθείη· (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. an old man

  2. elders

  3. old

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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