γέρων, οντος, ὁ,
old man, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.33, etc.: pleonastic, παλαιοὶ γέροντες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 676; ἄνους τε καὶ γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 281, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1349; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 584; καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντα μανθάνειν σοφά [prev. author] “fragment” 396. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 γέροντες, οἱ, Elders, Chiefs, κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.404 {γερωνία}, compare 9.574, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.14; later, “Senators”, especially at Sparta, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65, 6.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692a, “IG” 22.687, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265b38 (_sing._ γέροντι “IG” 5(1).1346, but usually γερουσίας, which see)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in other states, as at Elis, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a17, compare 1272a7, “OGI” 479.11 (from Dorylaeum). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as adjective, old, γέρον σάκος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.184; γ. γράμμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 331; more frequently in _masculine_, γ. πατήρ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.358, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.53; ἀνὴρ γ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1351; γ. χαλκός 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 144; γ. λόγος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 750 (Lyric poetry); ἵππος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 25; πόνος [prev. author] “OC” 1258 (codices but πίνος Scaliger, editions)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶνος [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 167.5, compare 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 124 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πέπλος, λέμβος, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.17, 21.12 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: rarely in Prose, οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 607b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of stags, [[[prev. work] 611b3 ] Refs]; Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ. Antigonus the Elder, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 2: _neuter_ _plural_, γέροντα βουλεύεις (for ἀρχαῖα) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 794. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]