γερουσία
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from γέρων (gérōn, “old man”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.ruː.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡe.ruˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝe.ruˈsi.a/
Noun
γερουσῐ́ᾱ • (gerousíā) f (genitive γερουσῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- The council of elders, the Senate (especially at Sparta)
- A sacred college
- Synonyms: βουλή (boulḗ), ἐκκλησῐ́ᾱ (ekklēsíā), σῠ́γκλητος (súnklētos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γερουσῐ́ᾱ hē gerousíā |
τὼ γερουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ gerousíā |
αἱ γερουσῐ́αι hai gerousíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γερουσῐ́ᾱς tês gerousíās |
τοῖν γερουσῐ́αιν toîn gerousíain |
τῶν γερουσῐῶν tôn gerousiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γερουσῐ́ᾳ têi gerousíāi |
τοῖν γερουσῐ́αιν toîn gerousíain |
ταῖς γερουσῐ́αις taîs gerousíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γερουσῐ́ᾱν tḕn gerousíān |
τὼ γερουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ gerousíā |
τᾱ̀ς γερουσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s gerousíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γερουσῐ́ᾱ gerousíā |
γερουσῐ́ᾱ gerousíā |
γερουσῐ́αι gerousíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: gerusīa
See also
Further reading
- “γερουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γερουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γερουσία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Noun
γερουσία • (gerousía) f (plural γερουσίες)
- (government) senate
- Synonym: σύγκλητος (sýgklitos)
Declension
Declension of γερουσία
Related terms
- γερουσιαστής m or f (gerousiastís, “senator”)
- γερουσιαστικός (gerousiastikós, “senatorial”, adjective)
Further reading
γερουσία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- γερουσία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
