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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵērh₂-s, a lengthened-grade derivative of *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”). Cognate with Sanskrit जरा (jarā́, “old age”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛ̂ː.ras/ → /ˈʝi.ras/ → /ˈʝi.ras/
Noun
γῆρᾰς • (gêras) n (genitive γήρᾰος); third declension
- old age
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “γῆρας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γῆρας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “γῆρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.