γερουσία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from γέρων (gérōn, “old man”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γερουσῐ́ᾱ • (gerousíā) f (genitive γερουσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. The council of elders, the Senate (especially at Sparta)
  2. A sacred college
    Synonyms: βουλή (boulḗ), ἐκκλησῐ́ᾱ (ekklēsíā), σῠ́γκλητος (súnklētos)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ γερουσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γερουσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γερουσῐ́ᾱ
hē gerousíā		 τὼ γερουσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ gerousíā		 αἱ γερουσῐ́αι
hai gerousíai
Genitive τῆς γερουσῐ́ᾱς
tês gerousíās		 τοῖν γερουσῐ́αιν
toîn gerousíain		 τῶν γερουσῐῶν
tôn gerousiôn
Dative τῇ γερουσῐ́ᾳ
têi gerousíāi		 τοῖν γερουσῐ́αιν
toîn gerousíain		 ταῖς γερουσῐ́αις
taîs gerousíais
Accusative τὴν γερουσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn gerousíān		 τὼ γερουσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ gerousíā		 τᾱ̀ς γερουσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s gerousíās
Vocative γερουσῐ́ᾱ
gerousíā		 γερουσῐ́ᾱ
gerousíā		 γερουσῐ́αι
gerousíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Latin: gerusīa

See also
  • γερωΐα (gerōḯa)
  • γεροντία (gerontía)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

γερουσία • (gerousía) f (plural γερουσίες)

  1. (government) senate
    Synonym: σύγκλητος (sýgklitos)

Declension
declension of γερουσία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative γερουσία • γερουσίες •
genitive γερουσίας • —
accusative γερουσία • γερουσίες •
vocative γερουσία • γερουσίες •
  • γερουσιαστής m or f (gerousiastís, “senator”)
  • γερουσιαστικός (gerousiastikós, “senatorial”, adjective)

Further reading
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