γερουσί-α,ἡ,
A. Council of Elders, senate, E. Rh. 401 : esp. at Sparta, D. 20.107 , Arist. Pol. 1270b24 , IG 5(2).345.10 (Orchom. Arc. ,ii/i B. C.); cf.γερωί̈αandγεροντία; also of the CarthaginianSenate,
Arist. Pol. 1272b37 ; and the Roman, Plu. 2.789e , Jul. Or. 2.97b ; of the JewishSanhedrin,
Act.Ap. 5.21 , cf. LXX Ex. 3.16 .
2. sacred college, ἱερὰ γ.
IG 3.702
(Eleusis), cf. 7.2808 (Hyettus,iii B. C.), etc.
II.
= πρεσβεία , E. Rh. 936 .