Gerasa

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γέρασα (Gérasa).

Proper noun

Gerasa f sg (genitive Gerasae); first declension

1. A city of the Decapolis, now Jerash in Jordan

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gerasa
Genitive	Gerasae
Dative	Gerasae
Accusative	Gerasam
Ablative	Gerasā
Vocative	Gerasa
Locative	Gerasae

Derived terms

• Gerasēnus

Descendants

• Polish: Geraza

References

• “Gerasa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly