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|Definition=οντος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">γέροντες, οἱ</b>, [[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 usu. <b class="b3">γερουσίας</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adj., [[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 <b class="b3">πίνος</b> Scaliger, edd.); οἶνος <span class="bibl">Alex. 167.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eub.124</span>; <b class="b3">πέπλος, λέμβος</b>, <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 <b class="b3">ἀρχαῖα</b>) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>794</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>

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