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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

  • στέφανοσ γερόντων τέκνα τέκνων, καύχημα δὲ τέκνων πατέρεσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 17:6)
  • περίβλεπτοσ δὲ γίνεται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆσ ἐν πύλαισ, ἡνίκα ἂν καθίση ἐν συνεδρίῳ μετὰ τῶν γερόντων κατοίκων τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:40)
  • μὴ ἀστόχει διηγήματοσ γερόντων, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἔμαθον παρὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν. ὅτι παῤ αὐτῶν μαθήσει σύνεσιν καὶ ἐν καιρῷ χρείασ δοῦναι ἀπόκρισιν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 8:9)
  • ὡσ ὡραία γερόντων σοφία καὶ δεδοξασμένοισ διανόημα καὶ βουλή. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 25:5)
  • στέφανοσ γερόντων πολυπειρία, καὶ τὸ καύχημα αὐτῶν φόβοσ Κυρίου. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 25:6)

Synonyms

  1. an old man

  2. elders

  3. old

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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