Γερύλος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `old man'; οἱ γέροντες `the elders' as administrative term; also as adj. `old' (Il.).

Dialectal forms: Myc. kero \/gerōn\/? kerosija \/geronsiā\/?

Derivatives: γερούσιος `concerning the elders' (Il.), γερουσία `council of the elders' (in Sparta, Carthago etc., D.), γερουσίας `member of the γ.' (Sparta), γερουσιαστής `id.' (Plb.; Chantraine 316ff.), γερουσιακός. - Demin. γερόντιον (Ar.), γερόντειος (Ar.) etc. Denom. γεροντεύω `be senator' (Sparta), with γεροντεία (Ephesos). γεροντιάω `get older' (D. L.). - Beside γέρων, γέροντ- there are a few formation with γερυ-: γέρυς and γερύτας γέρων H., (cf. πρέσβυς und πρεσβύτας). PN Γερύλος, Γέρυλλος, Γερυς, - υδος hypocoristic? (Bechtel Namenstudien 15). - Of the forms with - οι- γεροίταν πάππον. Κρῆτες H. is inverted writing for γερύταν; γεροῖα n. pl. `old stories' (Corinn.), if correct, perhaps after the adj. in - οῖος (s. Bechtel Dial. 1, 304). - Unclear is (cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 33 n. 2) γερωνία (H.), s. Latte. - γερωχία (Ar. Lys. 980) is perhaps graphic for Lak. γερω`ία (v. Fritz AmJPh 66, 196f.; but s. Wackernagel Unt. 208 n. 2; also Schwyzer 218 n. 1). - γεράτης of a horse, `old' (P.Oxy 6, 922; DELG refers to γερατία not in LSJ).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [390] *ǵerh₂- `be, become old'

Etymology: Identical with Skt. járant-, Osset. zärond `old (man)'. In the RV. still ptc. to járati `make, become old' (beside jū́ryati, jī́ryati `become old'). - Cf. further Arm. cer, -oy `old man' (o-stem), NPers. zar `id.' - On the word for `corn', Lat. grānum etc., s. γίγαρτον. - Cf. γέρας, γῆρας, γραῦς.

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