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|Definition=fut. γηράσομαι [ᾱ] Critias 1.5 (and in compds., [[ἐγγηράσκω]], [[καταγηράσκω]], [[συγγηράσκω]], Th.6.18, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1308, E.''Fr.''1058);<br><span class="bld">A</span> γηράσω [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 393e: ''poet.'' inf. γηρᾱσέμεν Simon.85.9: aor. ἐγήρᾱσα (κατ-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.146, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''202d (also causal, cf. infr. ''ΙΙ''): acc. fem. part. [[γηράσασαν]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[γηρᾶσαν]]) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.114: pf. γεγήρᾱκα S.''OC''727, etc.:—also [[γηράω]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.1.15, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1135b2, Men.481.14, Plu.2.911b, part. γηρῶν Epict.''Fr.''3: aor. 2 (as if from [[γήρημι]] or γήρᾱμι) ἐγήρα Il.7.148, 17.197, Od.14.67, (κατ-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.72; inf. <b class="b3">γηράναι</b> [ᾰ] A.''Ch.''908 (cum Sch.), S.''OC''870 (so ''EM''230.53, but γηρᾶναι Moer.115), part. γηράς Il.17.197, dat. pl. γηράντεσσι Hes.''Op.''188, gen. pl. <b class="b3"><ὑπερ-> γηράντων</b> dub. in Ael.''NA''7.17; also [[γηρείς]], [[έντος]], Xenoph.9:—Med., γηράσκομαι Hes.''Fr.''171:—Pass., (ὑπερ-) γηραθείς Ps.-Callisth.1.25:—[[grow old]], and in aor. and pf., to [[be so]], <b class="b3">κηρύσσων γήρασκε</b> [[grew old]] in his office of herald, Il.17.325, cf. 2.663, etc.; of things, ὄγχνη ἐπ' ὄγχνῃ γ. Od.7.120; χρόνος γηράσκων A.''Pr.''981; πάλιν γὰρ αὖθις παῖς ὁ γ. ἀνήρ S.''Fr.''487; μετὰ τὴν δόσιν γ. χάρις Men.''Mon.''347; τὸ τῆσδε χώρας οὐ γεγήρακε σθένος S.''OC''727: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">βίον τοιοῦτον γηράναι</b> ib.870:—so in Med., Hes.''Fr.''171.<br><span class="bld">II</span> causal in aor. 1 ἐγήρᾱσα, [[bring to old age]], ἐγήρασάν με τροφῇ A.''Supp.''894; <b class="b3">γηράσας πόδα</b> (but perhaps acc. cogn.) ''AP''6.94 (Phil.). (Akin to [[γέρων]], [[γῆρας]].)