γέρας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps originally "privilege of age", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”).
Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀨 (ke-ra).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡé.ras/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ras/
Noun
γέρᾰς • (gérăs) n (genitive γέρᾰος or γέρως); third declension
- gift of honor
- gift (generally)
- privilege, prerogative
- perquisite
- reward
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γέρᾰς tò gérăs |
τὼ γέρᾰε tṑ gérăe |
τᾰ̀ γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα tằ gérăă / géră / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γέρᾰος toû gérăos |
τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn gerắoin |
τῶν γερᾰ́ων / γερῶν tôn gerắōn / gerôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γέρᾰῐ̈ tōî gérăĭ̈ |
τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn gerắoin |
τοῖς γέρᾰσῐ / γέρᾰσῐν / γεράεσσι / γεράεσσιν toîs gérăsĭ(n) / geráessi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γέρᾰς tò gérăs |
τὼ γέρᾰε tṑ gérăe |
τᾰ̀ γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα tằ gérăă / géră / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γέρᾰς gérăs |
γέρᾰε gérăe |
γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα gérăă / géră / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta | ||||||||||
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See also
- γῆρας (gêras)
References
- “γέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press