γῆρας, τό,
genitive γήραος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.60, +others, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 116, 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.6, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.71, etc.; γήρως 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 174, _Attic dialect_ (see. below): _dative_ γήραϊ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.99, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.24 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], contraction γήρᾳ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 507, etc., γήρατι variant in 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus “Phgn.” 1.14 (compare γῆρος)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—old age, γ. λυγρόν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.250; στυγερόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.336; ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ (see. οὐδός) 22.60 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to γ. λιπαρόν, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.368, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place]; γ. πολιόν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 174 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γῆρας ἐκδῦναι, ἀποσείσασθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 336, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 670 (with play on signification 11)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γήρως in old age, [[ [prev. author] “Eq.” 524; ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 329c, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.73 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν γήρᾳ, ἐν γ. βαρύς, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 17, “Aj.” 1017; διανοίας γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271a1: _metaphorically_, οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος] Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. it never wears out, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 682. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II cast skin, slough of a serpent, γῆρας ἐκδύνειν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 549b26, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 31, 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 20, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.35.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of crabs, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 600b20, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 177. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]