γραῦς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γρηῦς (grēûs) Ionic
  • γραῦῐς (graûis) Doric
  • γρηΰς (grēǘs) Poetic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *grāū́s, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-yéw-s, from *ǵerh₂- (grow old).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γραῦς (graûs) f (genitive γρᾱός); third declension

  1. an old woman

Inflection

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γραῦς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 285

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