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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

  • οὐχ οἱ πολυχρόνιοί εἰσι σοφοί, οὐδ̓ οἱ γέροντεσ οἴδασι κρίμα. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 32:9)
  • εἰ δ’ οἱ γέροντεσ τῶν Ἑβραίων διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν καὶ βασανισμοὺσ ὑπομείναντεσ εὐσέβησαν, ἀποθάνοιμεν ἂν δικαιότερον ἡμεῖσ οἱ νέοι, τὰσ βασάνουσ τῶν σῶν ἀναγκῶν ὑπεριδόντεσ, ἃσ καὶ ὁ παιδευτὴσ ἡμῶν γέρων ἐνίκησε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:6)
  • ἃ δ’ οἱ γέροντεσ ποιοῦσιν , ὅταν μεθυσθῶσιν τοῦ ὕδατοσ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον εἰπεῖν ἐπειδὰν πίῃ ὁ γέρων καὶ κατάσχῃ αὐτὸν ὁ Σιληνόσ, αὐτίκα ἐπὶ πολὺ ἄφωνόσ ἐστι καὶ καρηβαροῦντι καὶ βεβαπτισμένῳ ἐοίκεν, εἶτα ἄφνω φωνή τε λαμπρὰ καὶ φθέγμα τορὸν καὶ πνεῦμα λιγυρὸν ἐγγίγνεται αὐτῷ καὶ λαλίστατοσ ἐξ ἀφωνοτάτου ἐστίν, οὐδ’ ἂν ’ἐπιστομίσασ παύσειασ αὐτὸν μὴ οὐχὶ συνεχῆ λαλεῖν καὶ ῥήσεισ μακρὰσ συνείρειν. (Lucian, (no name) 7:2)
  • τὸν Ἡρακλέα οἱ Κελτοὶ Ὄγμιον ὀνομάζουσι φωνῇ τῇ ἐπιχωρίῳ, τὸ δὲ εἶδοσ τοῦ θεοῦ πάνυ ἀλλόκοτον γράφουσι, γέρων ἐστὶν αὐτοῖσ ἐσ τὸ ἔσχατον, ἀναφαλαντίασ, πολιὸσ ἀκριβῶσ ὅσαι λοιπαὶ τῶν τριχῶν, ῥυσὸσ τὸ δέρμα καὶ διακεκαυμένοσ ἐσ τὸ μελάντατον οἱοῖ̀ εἰσιν οἱ θαλαττουργοὶ γέροντεσ· (Lucian, Hercules, 1:1)
  • ^ μάτην οὖν ἀνεληλυθότεσ ὦσι γέροντεσ ἄνδρεσ οὕτω μακρὰν τὴν ἀνάβασιν; (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 23:12)

Synonyms

  1. an old man

  2. elders

  3. old

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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