gerusia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γερουσία (gerousía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈruː.si.a/, [ɡɛˈruːs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈru.si.a/, [d͡ʒeˈruːs̬iä]

Noun

gerūsia f (genitive gerūsiae); first declension

1. A senate house in Ancient Greece
2. A public hospital or retreat in Sardes

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	gerūsia	gerūsiae
genitive	gerūsiae	gerūsiārum
dative	gerūsiae	gerūsiīs
accusative	gerūsiam	gerūsiās
ablative	gerūsiā	gerūsiīs
vocative	gerūsia	gerūsiae

References

• “gerusia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gerusia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.