γέρᾰς, αος
(in Prose -ως[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.5, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tyr.” 9), τό: _nominative_ _plural_ γέρᾰ, apocalyptic for γέραα, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.237, 9.334, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.66; γέρᾱ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 874; γέρεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.168, “SIG” 1037 (Milet.); γέρη [prev. work]1025 (from Cos)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γέρᾱτα [[ “IG” 14.1389i29: _genitive_ _plural_ γερῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect dative γεράεσσι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 449, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.109 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—gift of honour, μοῖραν καὶ γ. ἐσθλὸν ἔχων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.534 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ γὰρ γ. ἐστι θανόντων the last honours of the dead, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.457 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; privilege, prerogative conferred on kings or nobles, γ. θ᾽ ὅ τι δῆμος ἔδωκεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.150, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.182; τὰς ἀγγελίας ἐσφέρειν ἐδίδου γ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114, etc.; πρότερον δὲ ἦσαν ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ βασιλεῖαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; τιμαὶ καὶ ἔπαινοι καὶ γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 516c; γ. καὶ ἆθλα [prev. work] 460b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of priests [[compare(3), 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.18; δαίμοσιν νέμει γέρα ἄλλοισιν ἄλλα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 231; so later, γ. ἀλειτουργησίας “PFlor.” 382.3 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 generally, gift, present, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.297, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]