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|Definition=τό, gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> γήραος Il.22.60, al., Archil.116, Mimn.2.6, Pi.''O.'' 8.71, etc.; γήρως Thgn.174, Att. (v. infr.): dat. γήραϊ Pi.''N.''7.99, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.24, contr. γήρᾳ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''507, etc., [[γήρατι]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Adam.''Phgn.''1.14 (cf. [[γῆρος]]):—[[old age]], γ. λυγρόν Od.24.250; στυγερόν Il.19.336; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ</b> (v. [[οὐδός]]) 22.60; opp. <b class="b3">γ. λιπαρόν</b>, Od.19.368, Pi. [[l.c.]]; γ. πολιόν Thgn.174; <b class="b3">γῆρας ἐκδῦναι, ἀποσείσασθαι</b>, Ar.''Pax'' 336, Lys. 670 (with play on signf. 11); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γήρως</b> in [[old age]], Id.''Eq.''524; ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 329c, Lys.2.73; <b class="b3">σὺν γήρᾳ, ἐν γ. βαρύς</b>, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''17, ''Aj.''1017; διανοίας γ. Arist.''Pol.''1271a1: metaph., <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος</b>, i.e. it never wears out, A.''Th.''682.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[cast skin]], [[slough of a serpent]], γῆρας ἐκδύνειν Arist.''HA''549b26, Nic.''Th.''31, Antig.''Mir.'' 20, Antyll. ap. Orib.10.35.4; of crabs, Arist.''HA''600b20, [[Theophrastus]] ''Fragmenta'' 177.