γέρων, οντος, ὁ,
old man, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2) γέροντες, οἱ,
Elders, Chiefs, κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in other states, as at Elis, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) as
adjective,
old, γέρον σάκος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶνος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πέπλος, λέμβος, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]: rarely in Prose, οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of stags, [
Refs]; Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ. Antigonus
the Elder, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
part of the spinning-wheel, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Sanskrit
járant- 'old',
járati 'render infirm'; compare γέρας.)