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|Definition=οντος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[old man]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.33</span>, etc.: pleon., παλαιοὶ γέροντες <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>676</span>; ἄνους τε καὶ γ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>281</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1349</span>; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>584</span>; καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντα μανθάνειν σοφά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>396</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[γέροντες]], [[οἱ]], [[Elders]], [[Chiefs]], κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν <span class="bibl">Il.2.404</span> sq., cf. <span class="bibl">9.574</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.14</span>; later, <span class="title">Senators</span>, esp. at Sparta, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>, <span class="bibl">6.57</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>692a</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.687, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1265b38</span> (sg. γέροντι <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1346, but usually [[γερουσίας]], q. v.); in other states, as at Elis, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1306a17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1272a7</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>479.11 (Dorylaeum). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, [[old]], γέρον σάκος <span class="bibl">Od.22.184</span>; γ. γράμμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 331</span>; more freq. in masc., γ. πατήρ <span class="bibl">Il.1.358</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.53</span>; ἀνὴρ γ. <span class="bibl">Thgn. 1351</span>; γ. χαλκός <span class="bibl">Simon.144</span>; γ. λόγος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>750</span> (lyr.); ἵππος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 25</span>; πόνος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1258</span> (codd. but [[πίνος]] Scaliger, edd.); οἶνος <span class="bibl">Alex. 167.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eub.124</span>; [[πέπλος]], [[λέμβος]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.17</span>, <span class="bibl">21.12</span>: rarely in Prose, οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>607b28</span>; of stags, ib.<span class="bibl">611b3</span>; <b class="b3">Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ</b>. Antigonus [[the Elder]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pel.</span>2</span>: neut. pl., <b class="b3">γέροντα βουλεύεις</b> (for [[ἀρχαῖα]]) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>794</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">part of the spinning-wheel</b>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.114</span>. (Skt. <b class="b2">járant-</b> 'old', [[járati]] 'render infirm'; cf. [[γέρας]].)</span>