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