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|etymtx=-αος, -ως<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[old age]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[γηραιός]] [[old]] (Hes.; cf. [[γεραιός]] s. [[γέρας]]), [[γηραλέος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Anakr.; after the adj. in <b class="b3">-αλέος</b>; not with Schwyzer 516 from an old <b class="b3">σ-</b>less stem), [[γηράεις]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Alc., s. Chantr. Form. 272f.). Further [[γήρειον]] [[thistledown]] (Arat.) and <b class="b3">γηράνιον γεραν</b><[[ογέρων]]> H.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 159 n. 1; [[γηράμων]] H., glossed as (*)[[γράζα]]. - [[γηράσκω]] [[get old]] (Il.), aor. 3. sg. [[ἐγήρα]], ptc. [[γηράς]] (Il.), inf. [[γηράναι]] or [[γηρᾶναι]] (A., cf. Schwyzer 682); aor. [[ἐγήρασα]] (Hdt.; also as causative like [[ἔφυσα]]: [[ἔφυν]], Schwyzer 755[[γ]]); fut. [[γηράσομαι]], <b class="b3">-σω</b> (Ion.-Att.), later [[γεγήρακα]], [[ἐγηράθην]]. New present [[γηράω]] (X.); aor. [[γηρείς]] (Xenoph.) after [[δαμείς]]. - From [[γηράσκω]]: [[γηράσιμος]] [[getting older]] (Tlos), and [[γήρανσις]] (Arist.) after [[ὑγίανσις]] (Chantraine 281).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [390] <b class="b2">*ǵerh₂-</b> [[be]], [[become old]]<br />Etymology: Beside [[γέρας]] wit remarkable long vowel, which has been explained as coming from the s-aorist, but this cannot be shown (Hardarsson, Wurzelaorist (1993) 72-6).Vgl. [[γέρας]], [[γέρων]], [[γραῦς]].