γεραιός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γηραιός (gēraiós)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-yó-s (“old”).

Adjective

γεραιός • (geraiós) m (feminine γεραίᾱ, neuter γεραίον); first/second declension

1. old

Declension

First and second declension of γεραιός; γεραιᾱ́; γεραιόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γεραιός geraiós	γεραιᾱ́ geraiā́	γεραιόν geraión		γεραιώ geraiṓ	γεραιᾱ́ geraiā́	γεραιώ geraiṓ		γεραιοί geraioí	γεραιαί geraiaí	γεραιᾰ́ geraiá
Genitive		γεραιοῦ geraioû	γεραιᾶς geraiâs	γεραιοῦ geraioû		γεραιοῖν geraioîn	γεραιαῖν geraiaîn	γεραιοῖν geraioîn		γεραιῶν geraiôn	γεραιῶν geraiôn	γεραιῶν geraiôn
Dative		γεραιῷ geraiôi	γεραιᾷ geraiâi	γεραιῷ geraiôi		γεραιοῖν geraioîn	γεραιαῖν geraiaîn	γεραιοῖν geraioîn		γεραιοῖς geraioîs	γεραιαῖς geraiaîs	γεραιοῖς geraioîs
Accusative		γεραιόν geraión	γεραιᾱ́ν geraiā́n	γεραιόν geraión		γεραιώ geraiṓ	γεραιᾱ́ geraiā́	γεραιώ geraiṓ		γεραιούς geraioús	γεραιᾱ́ς geraiā́s	γεραιᾰ́ geraiá
Vocative		γεραιέ geraié	γεραιᾱ́ geraiā́	γεραιόν geraión		γεραιώ geraiṓ	γεραιᾱ́ geraiā́	γεραιώ geraiṓ		γεραιοί geraioí	γεραιαί geraiaí	γεραιᾰ́ geraiá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		γεραιῶς geraiôs				γεραίτερος geraíteros				γεραίτατος geraítatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γεραιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γεραιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γεραιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “γεραιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γεραιός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aged idem, page 18.
  • matronly idem, page 518.
  • old idem, page 572.
  • senile idem, page 752.
  • superannuated idem, page 838.
  • veteran idem, page 949.