gerusia

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γερουσία (gerousía).

Pronunciation

Noun

gerūsia f (genitive gerūsiae); first declension

  1. A senate house in Ancient Greece
  2. A public hospital or retreat in Sardes

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative gerūsia gerūsiae
genitive gerūsiae gerūsiārum
dative gerūsiae gerūsiīs
accusative gerūsiam gerūsiās
ablative gerūsiā gerūsiīs
vocative gerūsia gerūsiae

References

  • “gerusia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gerusia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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