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γῆρας

geras · τό

old age, cast skin, slough of a serpent

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Where it lives

De longitudine et brevitate vitae 3 · 17.04/10k
De Respiratione 8 · 13.17/10k
Apology 2 · 10/10k
Machabaeorum IV 7 · 9.07/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 4 · 8.23/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 4 · 5.79/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 6 · 5.79/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
Agesilaus 4 · 5.44/10k
Bacchae 4 · 5.32/10k
Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
Suppliants 3 · 4.26/10k

Densest 12 of 71 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

γῆρας · gēras — LSJ

old age, old age

old age, γ. λυγρόν Od. 24.250; στυγερόν Il. 19.336; ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ (v. οὐδός) 22.60; opp. γ. λιπαρόν, Od. 19.368, Pi. l.c.; γ. πολιόν Thgn. 174; γῆρας ἐκδῦναι, ἀποσείσασθαι, Ar. Pax 336, Lys. 670 (with play on signf. II); ἐπὶ γήρως in old age, Id. Eq. 524; ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ Pl. R. 329c, Lys. 2.73; σὺν γήρᾳ, ἐν γ. βαρύς, S. OT 17, Aj. 1017; διανοίας γ. Arist. Pol. 1271a1: metaph., οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος, i.e. it never wears out, A. Th. 682.

II cast skin, slough of a serpent

cast skin, slough of a serpent, γῆρας ἐκδύνειν Arist. HA 549b26, Nic. Th. 31, Antig. Mir. 20, Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.35.4; of crabs, Arist. HA 600b20, Thphr. Fr. 177.

In the wild

γῆρας · gēras Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1621–1622
γῆρας · gēras Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 681–682
γῆρας · gēras Aristotle, Ars Poetica 21
γῆρας · gēras Aristotle, Ars Poetica 21
γῆρας · gēras Aristotle, Ars Poetica 21
γήρως · gērōs Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 1)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γῆρας (scan p. 318; entry #1430).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γῆρας (scan p. 234; entry #1608).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γῆρας (scan pp. 336-337; entry #1290).

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