γεγήρακα

γεγήρᾱκα, γηράσκω

grow old: perf ind act 1st sg (attic)

γεγήρᾱκα, γηράω

grow old: perf ind act 1st sg (attic)

γεγήρᾱκα, γηράω

grow old: perf ind act 1st sg (doric aeolic)

⁺ V 4-5-0-5-6=20 Gn 18,13; 24,36; 27,1.2; Jos 23,2

to grow old Sir 8,6; γεγήρακα to be old Gn 18,13; ἐγήρασα to be old 1 Sm 8,1 (→καταγηράσκω, συγκαταγηράσκω,,)

γηράσκω, [tense] fut. γηράσομαι [ᾱ] Critias 1.5 (and in compds., ἐγ-, κατα-, συγ-, Th.6.18, Ar.Eq. 1308, E.Fr. 1058);

A

γηράσω Pl.R. 393e

: poet. inf.

γηρᾱσέμεν Simon.85.9

: [tense] aor. [full] ἐγήρᾱσα ([etym.] κατ-) Hdt.2.146, Pl.Tht. 202d (also causal, cf. infr. 11): acc. fem. part. γηράσασαν (v.l. γηρᾶσαν) Hdt.7.114: [tense] pf.

γεγήρᾱκα S.OC 727

, etc.:—also [full] γηράω X. Cyr.4.1.15, Arist.EN 1135b2, Men.481.14, Plu.2.911b, part.

γηρῶν Epict.Fr.3

: [tense] aor. 2 (as if from γήρημι or γήρᾱμι)

ἐγήρα Il.7.148

, 17.197, Od.14.67, ([etym.] κατ-) Hdt.6.72; inf. γηράναι [ᾰ] A.Ch. 908 (cum Sch.), S.OC 870 (so EM230.53, but

γηρᾶναι Moer.115

), part.

γηράς Il.17.197

, dat. pl.

γηράντεσσι Hes.Op. 188

, gen. pl. < ὑπερ-> γηράντων dub. in Ael.NA7.17; also γηρείς, έντος, Xenoph.9:—[voice] Med.,

γηράσκομαι Hes.Fr. 171

:—[voice] Pass., ([etym.] ὑπερ-)

γηραθείς Ps.-Callisth.1.25

:— grow old, and in [tense] aor. and [tense] pf., to be so, κηρύσσων γήρασκε grew old in his office of herald, Il.17.325, cf. 2.663, etc.; of things,

ὄγχνη ἐπ' ὄγχνῃ γ. Od.7.120

;

χρόνος γηράσκων A.Pr. 981

;

πάλιν γὰρ αὖθις παῖς ὁ γ. ἀνήρ S.Fr. 487

;

μετὰ τὴν δόσιν γ. χάρις Men.Mon. 347

;

τὸ τῆσδε χώρας οὐ γεγήρακε σθένος S.OC 727

: c. acc. cogn., βίον τοιοῦτον γηράναι ib. 870:—so in [voice] Med., Hes.Fr. 171.

II causal in [tense] aor. 1 ἐγήρᾱσα, bring to old age,

ἐγήρασάν με τροφῇ A.Supp. 894

; γηράσας πόδα (but perh. acc. cogn.) AP6.94 (Phil.). (Akin to γέρων, γῆρας.)

συγκατα-γηράσκω, [tense] pf.

A

- γεγήρακα Epicur.Fr. 217

:— grow old with or together, τινι Is.2.7, Epicur. l.c., LXX To.8.7; λύπη ἀπόρῳ σ. βίῳ lasts to the end of it, Men.Kith.Fr.1; of fast colours,

σ. τῷ εἰρίῳ Hdt.1.203

; of a morbid growth, Arist.GA 776a5: abs.,

σ. οἱ ὀδόντες Hp.Carn.12

, cf. Mul.2.116.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `old age' (Il.).

Derivatives: γηραιός `old' (Hes.; cf. γεραιός s. γέρας), γηραλέος `id.' (Anakr.; after the adj. in - αλέος; not with Schwyzer 516 from an old σ-less stem), γηράεις `id.' (Alc., s. Chantr. Form. 272f.). Further γήρειον `thistledown' (Arat.) and γηράνιον γεραν\< ογέρων\> H.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 159 n. 1; γηράμων H., glossed as (*) γράζα. - γηράσκω `get old' (Il.), aor. 3. sg. ἐγήρα, ptc. γηράς (Il.), inf. γηράναι or γηρᾶναι (A., cf. Schwyzer 682); aor. ἐγήρασα (Hdt.; also as causative like ἔφυσα: ἔφυν, Schwyzer 755γ); fut. γηράσομαι, - σω (Ion.-Att.), later γεγήρακα, ἐγηράθην. New present γηράω (X.); aor. γηρείς (Xenoph.) after δαμείς. - From γηράσκω: γηράσιμος `getting older' (Tlos), and γήρανσις (Arist.) after ὑγίανσις (Chantraine 281).

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

Etymology: Beside γέρας wit remarkable long vowel, which has been explained as coming from the s-aorist, but this cannot be shown (Hardarsson, Wurzelaorist (1993) 72-6).Vgl. γέρας, γέρων, γραῦς.

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γηράσκω (s. prec.; Hom. et al.; PSI 685, 13; POxy 904, 2; LXX; TestZeb 6:5; ApcSed 16:2 p. 137, 4 Ja.; Philo, Aet. M. 61; Jos., Ant. 19, 170 al.; Ar. 7, 1; Tat. 21, 2) 1 aor. ἐγήρασα; pf. γεγήρακα (Diod S 16, 20, 3; 18, 24, 2; Ath., R. 69, 2) grow old J 21:18; 1 Cl 23:3. παλαιούμενον καὶ γηράσκον becoming obsolete and growing old Hb 8:13. κάλλος γηρᾷ AcPl Ha 2, 25.—M-M.