γῆρυς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γᾶρυς (gârus) — Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to shout, call”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡɛ̂ː.rys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe̝.rys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.rys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.rys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ris/
Noun
γῆρῠς • (gêrŭs) f (genitive γήρυος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γῆρῠς hē gêrŭs |
τὼ γήρῠε tṑ gḗrŭe |
αἱ γήρῠες hai gḗrŭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γήρῠος tês gḗrŭos |
τοῖν γηρῠ́οιν toîn gērŭ́oin |
τῶν γηρῠ́ων tôn gērŭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γήρῠῐ̈ / γήρυι tēî gḗrŭĭ̈ / gḗrui |
τοῖν γηρῠ́οιν toîn gērŭ́oin |
ταῖς γήρῠσῐ / γήρῠσῐν taîs gḗrŭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γῆρῠν tḕn gêrŭn |
τὼ γήρῠε tṑ gḗrŭe |
τᾱ̀ς γήρῡς / γήρῠᾰς tā̀s gḗrūs / gḗrŭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γῆρῠ gêrŭ |
γήρῠε gḗrŭe |
γήρῠες gḗrŭes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γαρύω (garúō)
- γηρύω (gērúō)
Further reading
- “γῆρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γῆρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γῆρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γῆρυς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- γῆρυς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “γῆρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- voice idem, page 955.