γῆρας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵērh₂-s, a lengthened-grade derivative of *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”). Cognate with Sanskrit जरा (jarā́, “old age”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γῆρᾰς • (gêras) n (genitive γήρᾰος); third declension

  1. old age

Declension
Third declension of τὸ γῆρᾰς; τοῦ γήρως (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ γῆρᾰς
tò gêras
Genitive τοῦ γήρως / γήρᾰος
toû gḗrōs / gḗraos
Dative τῷ γήρᾳ / γήραϊ / γήρατι
tôi gḗrāi / gḗraï / gḗrati
Accusative τὸ γῆρᾰς
tò gêras
Vocative γῆρᾰς
gêras
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • καλόγηρος (kalógēros)

Further reading
  • “γῆρας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • γῆρας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “γῆρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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