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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: [[γερούσιος]] [[concerning the elders]] (Il.), [[γερουσία]] [[council of the elders]] (in Sparta, Carthago etc., D.), [[γερουσίας]] <b class="b2">member of the γ.</b> (Sparta), [[γερουσιαστής]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Plb.; Chantraine 316ff.), [[γερουσιακός]] . - Demin. [[γερόντιον]] (Ar.), [[γερόντειος]] (Ar.) etc. Denom. [[γεροντεύω]] [[be senator]] (Sparta), with [[γεροντεία]] (Ephesos). [[γεροντιάω]] [[get older]] (D. L.). - Beside [[γέρων]], <b class="b3">γέροντ-</b> there are a few formation with <b class="b3">γερυ-</b> : [[γέρυς]] and <b class="b3">γερύτας γέρων</b> H., (cf. [[πρέσβυς]] und [[πρεσβύτας]]). PN [[Γερύλος]], [[Γέρυλλος]], [[Γερυς]], <b class="b3">-υδος</b> hypocoristic? (Bechtel Namenstudien 15). - Of the forms with <b class="b3">-οι- γεροίταν πάππον</b>. [[Κρῆτες]] H. is inverted writing for [[γερύταν]]; [[γεροῖα]] 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) [[γερωνία]] (H.), s. Latte. - [[γερωχία]] (Ar. Lys. 980) is perhaps graphic for Lak. [[γερω]][[ία]] (v. Fritz AmJPh 66, 196f.; but s. Wackernagel Unt. 208 n. 2; also Schwyzer 218 n. 1). - [[γεράτης]] of a horse, [[old]] (P.Oxy 6, 922; DELG refers to [[γερατία]] 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]].