γέρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-. Cognates include Sanskrit जरन्त (járanta) and Old Armenian ծեր (cer). Compare especially Old Armenian ծերուն (cerun).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ɡérɔ͜ɔn/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɣɛ́roːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɣéron/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ʝéron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ʝéɾon/

Noun

γέρων (genitive γέροντος) m, third declension; (gerōn)

1. an old man
2. (plural) elders, i.e. a ruling or advisory council
3. (as an adjective) old

Inflection

Third declension of γέρων, γέροντος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	γέρων	γέροντε	γέροντες
Genitive	γέροντος	γερόντοιν	γερόντων
Dative	γέροντῐ	γερόντοιν	γέρουσῐ(ν)
Accusative	γέροντᾰ	γέροντε	γέροντᾰς
Vocative	γέρον	γέροντε	γέροντες

Descendants

• English: gerontology

References

• γέρων in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G1088

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Greek

Adjective

γέρων  (géron)

1. Genitive masculine plural form of γέρος.

Noun

γέρων m (géron)

1. Genitive plural form of γέρος.