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|etymtx=-οντος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[old man]]; <b class="b3">οἱ γέροντες</b> [[the elders]] as administrative term; also as adj. [[old]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[kero]] \/[[geron]]\/? [[kerosija]] \/geronsia\/?<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">γερούσιος</b> <b class="b2">concerning the elders</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">γερουσία</b> <b class="b2">council of the elders</b> (in Sparta, Carthago etc., D.), <b class="b3">γερουσίας</b> <b class="b2">member of the γ.</b> (Sparta), <b class="b3">γερουσιαστής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Plb.; Chantraine 316ff.), <b class="b3">γερουσιακός</b> . - Demin. <b class="b3">γερόντιον</b> (Ar.), <b class="b3">γερόντειος</b> (Ar.) etc. Denom. <b class="b3">γεροντεύω</b> [[be senator]] (Sparta), with <b class="b3">γεροντεία</b> (Ephesos). <b class="b3">γεροντιάω</b> [[get older]] (D. L.). - Beside <b class="b3">γέρων</b>, <b class="b3">γέροντ-</b> there are a few formation with <b class="b3">γερυ-</b> : <b class="b3">γέρυς</b> and <b class="b3">γερύτας γέρων</b> H., (cf. <b class="b3">πρέσβυς</b> und <b class="b3">πρεσβύτας</b>). PN <b class="b3">Γερύλος</b>, <b class="b3">Γέρυλλος</b>, <b class="b3">Γερυς</b>, <b class="b3">-υδος</b> hypocoristic? (Bechtel Namenstudien 15). - Of the forms with <b class="b3">-οι- γεροίταν πάππον</b>. <b class="b3">Κρῆτες</b> H. is inverted writing for <b class="b3">γερύταν</b>; <b class="b3">γεροῖα</b> n. pl. [[old stories]] (Corinn.), if correct, perhaps after the adj. in <b class="b3">-οῖος</b> (s. Bechtel Dial. 1, 304). - Unclear is (cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 33 n. 2) <b class="b3">γερωνία</b> (H.), s. Latte. - <b class="b3">γερωχία</b> (Ar. Lys. 980) is perhaps graphic for Lak. <b class="b3">γερω</b><b class="b3">ία</b> (v. Fritz AmJPh 66, 196f.; but s. Wackernagel Unt. 208 n. 2; also Schwyzer 218 n. 1). - <b class="b3">γεράτης</b> of a horse, [[old]] (P.Oxy 6, 922; DELG refers to <b class="b3">γερατία</b> not in LSJ).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [390] <b class="b2">*ǵerh₂-</b> [[be]], [[become old]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Skt. <b class="b2">járant-</b>, Osset. [[zärond]] <b class="b2">old (man)</b>. In the RV. still ptc. to <b class="b2">járati</b> [[make]], [[become old]] (beside <b class="b2">jū́ryati</b>, <b class="b2">jī́ryati</b> [[become old]]). - Cf. further Arm. [[cer]], <b class="b2">-oy</b> [[old man]] (<b class="b2">o-</b>stem), NPers. [[zar]] <b class="b2">id.</b> - On the word for [[corn]], Lat. [[grānum]] etc., s. [[γίγαρτον]]. - Cf. [[γέρας]], [[γῆρας]], [[γραῦς]].