γεραιός
γεραιός
= γηραιός
γέρων
old, in Hom. and Trag.; of men, with notion of dignity, like signor, Trag.; ὁ γεραιός that reverend sire, Il.:—comp. γεραίτερος, Hom.; οἱ γεραίτεροι the elders, senators, Aesch., Xen.; cf. γέρων:— Sup. γεραίτατος, Ar.; rarely = πρεσβύτατος, eldest, Theocr.
of things, ancient, Trag.