γέρων

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οντος, ὁ,

   A old man, Il.1.33, etc.: pleon., παλαιοὶ γέροντες Ar. Ach.676; ἄνους τε καὶ γ. S.Ant.281, cf. Ar.Eq.1349; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν A.Ag.584; καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντα μανθάνειν σοφά Id.Fr.396.    2 γέροντες, οἱ, Elders, Chiefs, κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν Il.2.404 sq., cf. 9.574, Od.2.14; later, Senators, esp. at Sparta, Hdt.1.65, 6.57, Pl.Lg.692a, IG22.687, Arist.Pol. 1265b38 (sg. γέροντι IG5(1).1346, but usu. γερουσίας, q. v.); in other states, as at Elis, Arist.Pol.1306a17, cf. 1272a7, OGI479.11 (Dorylaeum).    II as Adj., old, γέρον σάκος Od.22.184; γ. γράμμα A.Fr. 331; more freq. in masc., γ. πατήρ Il.1.358, Od.18.53; ἀνὴρ γ. Thgn. 1351; γ. χαλκός Simon.144; γ. λόγος A.Ag.750 (lyr.); ἵππος S.El. 25; πόνος Id.OC1258 (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 Arist.HA607b28; of stags, ib.611b3; Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ. Antigonus the Elder, Plu.Pel.2: neut. pl., γέροντα βουλεύεις (for ἀρχαῖα) S.Fr.794.    III part of the spinning-wheel, Pherecr.114. (Skt. járant- 'old', járati 'render infirm'; cf. γέρας.)