gerusia

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Μέμνησο νέος ὤν, ὡς γέρων ἔσῃ ποτέ → Iuvenis memento te fore aliquando senem → Bedenke jung schon, dass dereinst ein Greis du bist

Menander, Monostichoi, 354

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gĕrūsĭa: ae, f., = γερουσία,
I the place of meeting for a council of old men, senatehouse in a Grecian city (= senaculum), Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 156.—
II A public hospital or retreat in Sardes, for old men who had deserved well of their country, Vitr. 4, 8; Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 172; Plin. Ep. 10, 42.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

gĕrūsĭa, æ, f. (γερουσία), salle du sénat (chez les Grecs) : Varro L. 5, 156 ; P. Fest. 94, 13 || maison de retraite pour les vieillards qui ont bien servi la patrie : Vitr. Arch. 4, 8 ; Plin. 35, 172.