1. γέρων · gerōn — Beekes
old man
The corpus record
γέρων
geron
old man
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Heracles 33 · 42.16/10k
- Acharnians 15 · 21.12/10k
- Wasps 16 · 16.45/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 12 · 15.55/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 16 · 15.45/10k
- Bacchae 11 · 14.63/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 10 · 14.21/10k
- Electra 10 · 13.23/10k
- Iliad 133 · 11.93/10k
- Phoenissae 11 · 11.4/10k
- Knights 9 · 10.13/10k
- Odyssey 84 · 9.66/10k
Densest 12 of 75 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. γέρων · gerōn — Chantraine
en prose, cf. γέρων πατὴρ (11. 1,358) ; parfois comme épithète d
3. γέρων · gerōn — Chantraine
196) : outre la rareté de la transcription de h par y, une difficulté est qu'il
4. γέρων · gerōn — Frisk
80] herangezogene, in Bedeutung und Form etwas abseits liegende aind
5. γέρων · gerōn — Frisk
Myk
6. γέρων · gerōn — LSJ
old man, Elders, Chiefs, Senators
Attestations
- γέρον · geron Iliad 1.26
- γέρων · gerōn Iliad 1.33
- γέρον · geron Iliad 1.286
- γέροντι · geronti Iliad 1.358
- γέρων · gerōn Iliad 1.380
- γέρων · gerōn Iliad 1.462
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 315; entry #1421 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 231-232; entry #1597 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 333-334; entry #1284 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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