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”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡɛ̂ː.ras/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe̝.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ras/
Noun
γῆρᾰς • (gêrăs) n (genitive γήρᾰος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ γῆρᾰς tò gêrăs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γήρως / γήρᾰος toû gḗrōs / gḗrăos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γήρᾳ / γήραϊ / γήρατι tōî gḗrāi / gḗraï / gḗrati | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γῆρᾰς tò gêrăs | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | γῆρᾰς gêrăs | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γῆρας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- age idem, page 18.
- decrepitude idem, page 202.
- dotage idem, page 247.
- old age idem, page 572.
- senility idem, page 752.
- γῆρας, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011