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γέρων an old man, Hom., etc. in political sense, γέροντες the Elders, Seniors, or Chiefs, who formed the Kingʼs Council, Hom.:—then, like Lat. Patres, the Senators, esp. at Sparta, Hdt. as adj. old, mostly with a masc. Noun, Theogn., Aesch., etc.; but γέρον σάκος occurs in Od.

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an old man (in apposition as adj., old)

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γέρων

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γέρων

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γερων

IDX:

6856

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6860

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ge/rwn

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