γερουσί-α, ἡ,
Council of Elders, senate, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 401: especially at Sparta, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.107, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b24, “IG” 5(2).345.10 (Orchom. 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 2nd-1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare γερωΐα and γεροντί; also of the Carthaginian [[ “Senate”, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272b37 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; and the Roman, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.789e, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.97b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the Jewish Sanhedrin, [[ NT.Acts.5.21, cf. LXX.Exo.3.16. ] LXX+NT]
__2 sacred college, ἱερὰ γ. [[ “IG” 3.702 (from Eleusis), compare 7.2808 (Hyettus, 3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II ={πρεσβεία}, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 936. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]