γέρας

Ancient Greek

Perhaps originally "privilege of age", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”).

γέρᾰς • (géras) n (genitive γέρᾰος or γέρως); third declension

Third declension of τὸ γέρᾰς; τοῦ γέρᾰος (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γέρᾰς tò géras	τὼ γέρᾰε tṑ gérae	τᾰ̀ γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα tà géraa / géra / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta
Genitive	τοῦ γέρᾰος toû géraos	τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn geráoin	τῶν γερᾰ́ων / γερῶν tôn geráōn / gerôn
Dative	τῷ γέρᾰῐ̈ tôi géraï	τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn geráoin	τοῖς γέρᾰσῐ / γέρᾰσῐν / γεράεσσι / γεράεσσιν toîs gérasi(n) / geráessi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γέρᾰς tò géras	τὼ γέρᾰε tṑ gérae	τᾰ̀ γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα tà géraa / géra / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta
Vocative	γέρᾰς géras	γέρᾰε gérae	γέρᾰᾰ / γέρᾰ / γέρᾱ / γέρεα / γέρη / γέρᾱτα géraa / géra / gérā / gérea / gérē / gérāta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“γέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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