γέρουσι | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

An old man; an elder, often with the sense of a respected senior or member of a council of elders.

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Grammatical Analysis

"γέρουσι"

Case: dative

Number: plural

Gender: masculine

Declension: 3rd declension (consonant-stem), from γέρων ‘old man’

Note: Form γέρουσι is the dative plural ending -σι(ν) (< *-σι) with a stem in -οντ- (γέροντ-), showing loss of -ντ- before -σι: *γέροντσι > γέρουσι.

Related Forms of γέρων

8 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

γεροντες nominative, plural, masculine γέρον nominative/accusative/vocative, singular, neuter γερόντων genitive, plural, masculine γεροντος genitive, singular, masculine (or common, dependin... γέροντας accusative, plural, masculine ο Γέρων article + noun γέρως nominative, singular, masculine γέρων nominative, singular, masculine

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