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γεραιός

geraios

old, reverend sire, the elders, senators

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Where it lives

  • Suppliants 9 · 12.79/10k
  • Trojan Women 8 · 11.3/10k
  • Persians 5 · 9.82/10k
  • Electra 7 · 9.26/10k
  • Heracles 7 · 8.94/10k
  • Phoenissae 8 · 8.29/10k
  • Hecuba 5 · 6.98/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 3 · 5.97/10k
  • Oedipus at Colonus 6 · 5.79/10k
  • Machabaeorum IV 4 · 5.18/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
  • Ion 3 · 3.28/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. γεραιός · geraios

old, reverend sire, the elders, senators, eldest

= γηραιός, old: in Hom. (who never has γηραιός) always of men, with notion of dignity (v. infr.), cf. Pi. N. 4.89; ὁ γεραιός that reverend sire, Il. 1.35, etc.; γεραιέ 10.164, etc.; but γεραιάς (acc. pl. fem.) 6.87 (cf. 270, 287) is f.l. for γεραίρας, v. γεραρός: Comp. γεραίτερος Od. 3.24, A. Eu. 848, Hdt. 6.52; γονῇ πεφυκὼς γ. (-τέρᾳ codd.) S. OC 1294; freq. in political sense, οἱ γ. the elders, senators, X. Cyr. 1.5.5, Pl. Lg. 952a, IG 14.2445 (Massilia): Sup. γεραίτατος Ar. Ach. 286, Pl. Lg.

II ancient

of things, ancient, πόλις A. Ag. 710 (lyr.); χείρ E. Hec. 64 (lyr.). (γεραῐός Tyrt. 10.20, E. HF 446 (lyr.); cf. γεραός.)

2. γηρ-αιός · gēr-aios

aged, old

aged, old, γηραιὸς δὲ θάνοις Hes. Op. 378, cf. Hdt. 3.64, Pi. P. 4.157, A. Pers. 854 (lyr.), Supp. 606, Th. 6.54; γ. τελευτᾶν X. Ages. 11.15, Pl. Smp. 179e; τὸν μὲν ἄρʼ αἰὼν γ. κατέπεφνε Maiist. 12.

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Where it came from

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