γέρας

Ancient Greek

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

γέρας • (géras) n (genitive γέραος 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 tà géraa
Genitive	τοῦ γέρᾰος toû géraos	τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn geráoin	τῶν γερᾰ́ων tôn geráōn
Dative	τῷ γέρᾰῐ̈ tôi géraï	τοῖν γερᾰ́οιν toîn geráoin	τοῖς γέρᾰσῐ / γέρᾰσῐν toîs gérasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γέρᾰς tò géras	τὼ γέρᾰε tṑ gérae	τᾰ̀ γέρᾰᾰ tà géraa
Vocative	γέρᾰς géras	γέρᾰε gérae	γέρᾰᾰ géraa
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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