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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

  • καὶ μὴν ὅσα γε κἀμὲ Σύρον ὄντα εἰδέναι, εἰ μὴ σαυτὸν φέρων ταῖσ τοῦ γέροντοσ ἐκείνου διαθήκαισ παρενέγραψασ, ἀπωλώλεισ ἂν ὑπὸ λιμοῦ ἤδη καὶ ἀγορὰν προὐτίθεισ τῶν βιβλίων. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 19:4)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἀναμνησθῶ τοῦ γέροντοσ ἐκείνου Ἡρακλέουσ, πάντα ποιεῖν προάγομαι καὶ οὐκ αἰδοῦμαι τοιαῦτα τολμῶν ἡλικιώτησ ὢν τῆσ εἰκόνοσ. (Lucian, Hercules, 7:5)
  • σὺ μὲν οὖν πόρρω ταῦτα καὶ μακρῷ ἀσφαλέστερον, ἐγὼ δὲ παρὰ τὸ πῦρ αὐτὸ καὶ ἔτι πρότερον ἐν πολλῷ πλήθει τῶν ἀκροατῶν εἶπον αὐτά, ἐνίων μὲν ἀχθομένων, ὅσοι ἐθαύμαζον τὴν ἀπόνοιαν τοῦ γέροντοσ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 3:2)
  • ἔναγχοσ γοῦν καὶ Ὀλυμπίασιν τὸ ὅμοιον ἐγὼ εἶδον γενόμενον, εἰκὸσ δὲ καὶ σὲ παρεῖναι καιομένου τότε τοῦ γέροντοσ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 7:4)
  • αὐτῆσ μᾶλλον ἢ περὶ τοῦ Πυλίου γέροντοσ ἐκείνου ὁ Ὅμηροσ εἴρηκεν. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. an old man

  2. elders

  3. old

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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