The corpus record

γερούσιος

gerousios

for, befitting the γέροντες, drunk only by the chiefs

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Where it lives

Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

γερούσι-ος · gerousi-os — LSJ

for, befitting the γέροντες, drunk only by the chiefs, taken by them, perquisite of chiefs

for or befitting the γέροντες, γ. οἶνος wine drunk only by the chiefs, Il. 4.259, Od. 13.8; γ. ὅρκος an oath taken by them, Il. 22.119; γερούσιον, τό, perquisite of chiefs, Hsch.

In the wild

γερούσιον · gerousion Iliad 22.119
γερούσιον · gerousion Iliad 4.259
γερούσιον · gerousion Odyssey 13.8

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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