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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

  • γέροντε δ’ αἰσχρὸν δύο πεσεῖν· (Euripides, episode 16:8)
  • αὐτὼ γὰρ τούτω, ὡσ ἔποσ εἰπεῖν, γέροντε ὄντε ἠρξάσθην ταύτησ τῆσ σοφίασ ἧσ ἔγωγε ἐπιθυμῶ, τῆσ ἐριστικῆσ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 8:6)

Synonyms

  1. an old man

  2. elders

  3. old

Related

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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