γέρων
γέρων,
οντος,
ὁ,
2). γέροντες,,
Elders, Chiefs,
κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν Il. 2.404 sq., cf.
9.574 ,
Od. 2.14 ; later,
Senators, esp. at Sparta,
Hdt. 1.65 ,
6.57 ,
Pl. Lg. 692a ,
IG 22.687 ,
Arist. Pol. 1265b38 (sg.
γέροντι IG 5(1).1346 , but usu.
γερουσίας, q. v.); in other states, as at Elis,
Arist. Pol. 1306a17 , cf.
1272a7 ,
OGI 479.11 (Dorylaeum).
II). as Adj.,
old,
γέρον σάκος Od. 22.184 ;
γ. γράμμα A. Fr. 331 ; more freq. in masc.,
γ. πατήρ Il. 1.358 ,
Od. 18.53 ;
ἀνὴρ γ. Thgn. 1351 ;
γ. χαλκός Simon. 144 ;
γ. λόγος A. Ag. 750 (lyr.);
ἵππος S. El. 25 ;
πόνος Id. OC 1258 (codd. but
πίνος Scaliger, edd.);
οἶνος Alex. 167.5 , cf.
Eub. 124 ;
πέπλος, λέμβος,
Theoc. 7.17 ,
21.12 : rarely in Prose,
οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων Arist. HA 607b28 ; of stags, ib.
611b3 ;
Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ. Antigonus
the Elder,
Plu. Pel. 2 : neut. pl.,
γέροντα βουλεύεις (for
ἀρχαῖα)
S. Fr. 794 .
III). part of the spinning-wheel,
Pherecr. 114 . (Skt.
járant- 'old',
járati 'render infirm'; cf.
γέρας.)
ShortDef
an old man (in apposition as adj., old)
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Headword (normalized):
γέρων
Headword (normalized/stripped):
γερων
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">γέρων</span>, <span class="itype greek">οντος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">old man</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.33 </a>, etc.: pleon., <span class="quote greek">παλαιοὶ γέροντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:676" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:676/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 676 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄνους τε καὶ γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:281" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:281/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 281 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1349" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1349/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1349 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:584" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:584/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 584 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντα μανθάνειν σοφά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 396 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">γέροντες,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Elders, Chiefs</span>, <span class="quote greek">κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:404" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.404/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.404 </a> sq., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:574" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.574/canonical-url/"> 9.574 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.14 </a>; later, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Senators</span>, esp. at Sparta, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.65 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.57/canonical-url/"> 6.57 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:692a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:692a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 692a </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.687 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1265b:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1265b.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1265b38 </a> (sg. <span class="quote greek">γέροντι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5(1).1346 </span> , but usu. <span class="foreign greek">γερουσίας</span>, q. v.); in other states, as at Elis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1306a:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1306a.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1306a17 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1272a:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1272a.7/canonical-url/"> 1272a7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 479.11 </span> (Dorylaeum). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> as Adj., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">old</span>, <span class="quote greek">γέρον σάκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.184 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γ. γράμμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:331" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:331/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 331 </a> ; more freq. in masc., <span class="quote greek">γ. πατήρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:358" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.358/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.358 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.53 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀνὴρ γ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1351 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">γ. χαλκός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 144 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γ. λόγος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:750" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:750/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 750 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἵππος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 25 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πόνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1258/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1258 </a> (codd. but <span class="foreign greek">πίνος</span> Scaliger, edd.); <span class="quote greek">οἶνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:167:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:167.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 167.5 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 124 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πέπλος, λέμβος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 7.17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21.12/canonical-url/"> 21.12 </a>: rarely in Prose, <span class="quote greek">οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:607b:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:607b.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 607b28 </a> ; of stags, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:611b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:611b.3/canonical-url/"> 611b3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ.</span> Antigonus <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Elder</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg021:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg021:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pel.</span> 2 </a>: neut. pl., <span class="foreign greek">γέροντα βουλεύεις</span> (for <span class="foreign greek">ἀρχαῖα</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:794" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:794/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 794 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">part of the spinning-wheel</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:114/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 114 </a>. (Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">járant-</span> \'old\', <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">járati</span> \'render infirm\'; cf. <span class="foreign greek">γέρας</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}