γέρας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps originally "privilege of age", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀨 (ke-ra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.ras/ → /ˈʝe.ras/ → /ˈʝe.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.ras/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ras/

Noun

γέρᾰς • (gérăs) n (genitive γέρᾰος or γέρως); third declension

1. gift of honor
2. gift (generally)
3. privilege, prerogative
4. perquisite
5. reward

Declension

Third declension of τὸ γέρᾰς; τοῦ γέρᾰος (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γέρᾰς tò gérăs	τὼ γέρᾰε tṑ gérăe	τᾰ̀ γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα tằ gérăă / géră / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta
Genitive	τοῦ γέρᾰος toû gérăos	τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn gerắoin	τῶν γερᾰ́ων / γερῶν tôn gerắōn / gerôn
Dative	τῷ γέρᾰῐ̈ tōî gérăĭ̈	τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn gerắoin	τοῖς γέρᾰσῐ / γέρᾰσῐν / γεράεσσι / γεράεσσιν toîs gérăsĭ(n) / geráessi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γέρᾰς tò gérăs	τὼ γέρᾰε tṑ gérăe	τᾰ̀ γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα tằ gérăă / géră / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta
Vocative	γέρᾰς gérăs	γέρᾰε gérăe	γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα gérăă / géră / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• γῆρας (gêras)

References

• “γέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press