γέρας

geras-2

gift of honour

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17

1134b7
Book VIII 1
Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28

1163b4
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14

1361a35
Book II 1
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9

1378b32
Metaphysics 1
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Book Α 1
Chapter 2 982a4–983a23

982b31
Politics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23

1272a37

Dictionary (LSJ)

γέρας, αος (in Prose -ως X. Ages. 1.5, Luc. Tyr. 9), τό: nom. pl. γέρᾰ, apoc. for γέραα, Il. 2.237, 9.334, Od. 4.66; γέρᾱ E. Ph. 874; γέρεα Hdt. 2.168, SIG 1037 (Milet.); γέρη ib.1025 (Cos); γέρᾱτα IG 14.1389i29: gen. pl. γερῶν Th. 3.58, etc.; Ep. dat. γεράεσσι Hes. Th. 449, Theoc. 17.109:—Α. gift of honour, μοῖραν καὶ γ. ἐσθλὸν ἔχων Od. 11.534; τὸ γὰρ γ. ἐστι θανόντων the last honours of the dead, Il. 16.457; privilege, prerogative conferred on kings or nobles, γ. θʼ ὅ τι δῆμος ἔδωκεν Od. 7.150, cf. Il. 20.182; τὰς ἀγγελίας ἐσφέρειν ἐδίδου γ. Hdt. 1.114, etc.; πρότερον δὲ ἦσαν ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ βασιλεῖαι Th. 1.13; τιμαὶ καὶ ἔπαινοι καὶ γ. Pl. R. 516c; γ. καὶ ἆθλα ib.460b; freq. of priests (cf. 3), Aeschin. 3.18; δαίμοσιν νέμει γέρα ἄλλοισιν ἄλλα A. Pr. 231; so later, γ. ἀλειτουργησίας PFlor. 382.3 (iii A. D.). 2. generally, gift, present, Od. 20.297, etc. 3. esp. perquisite received by priests at sacrifices, τὰ δέρματα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα γέρεα SIG 1037 (Milet., iv/iii B. C.); γέρη λαμβάνει τὸ δέρμα καὶ τὸ σκέλος ib.1025.22 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.); ὁ πριάμενος τῶν γερῶν λήψεται τὰς γενομένας καρπείας PEleph. 14.13 (iii B. C.). 4. reward, POxy. 1408.16 (iii A. D.). (If akin to γέρων, prop. privilege of age.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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