γηράσκω

gerasko

grow old

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book VI 1
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774c5
Book XII 1
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958d2
Republic 2
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Book III 1
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393e8
Book VII 1
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536d2
Laches 1
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189a5
Lovers 1
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133c6
Theaetetus 1
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181d1

Dictionary (LSJ)

γηράσκω, fut. γηράσομαι [ᾱ] Critias 1.5 (and in compds., ἐγ-, κατα-, συγ-, Th. 6.18, Ar. Eq. 1308, E. Fr. 1058); γηράσω Pl. R. 393e: poet. inf. γηρᾱσέμεν Simon. 85.9: aor. ἐγήρᾱσα (κατ-) Hdt. 2.146, Pl. Tht. 202d (also causal, cf. infr. II): acc. fem. part. γηράσασαν (v.l. γηρᾶσαν) Hdt. 7.114: pf. γεγήρᾱκα S. OC 727, etc.:—also γηράω X. Cyr. 4.1.15, Arist. EN 1135b2, Men. 481.14, Plu. 2.911b, part. γηρῶν Epict. Fr. 3: aor. 2 (as if from γήρημι or γήρᾱμι) ἐγήρα Il. 7.148, 17.197, Od. 14.67, (κατ-) Hdt. 6.72; inf. γηράναι [ᾰ] A. Ch. 908 (cum Sch.), S. OC 870 (so EM 230.53, but γηρᾶναι Moer. 115), part. γηράς Il. 17.197, dat. pl. γηράντεσσι Hes. Op. 188, gen. pl. <ὑπερ-> γηράντων dub. in Ael. NA 7.17; also γηρείς, έντος, Xenoph. 9:—Med., γηράσκομαι Hes. Fr. 171:—Pass., (ὑπερ-) γηραθείς Ps.-Callisth. 1.25:—Α. grow old, and in aor. and pf., to be so, κηρύσσων γήρασκε grew old in his office of herald, Il. 17.325, cf. 2.663, etc.; of things, ὄγχνη ἐπʼ ὄγχνῃ γ. Od. 7.120; χρόνος γηράσκων A. Pr. 981; πάλιν γὰρ αὖθις παῖς ὁ γ. ἀνήρ S. Fr. 487; μετὰ τὴν δόσιν γ. χάρις Men. Mon. 347; τὸ τῆσδε χώρας οὐ γεγήρακε σθένος S. OC 727: c. acc. cogn., βίον τοιοῦτον γηράναι ib.870:—so in Med., Hes. Fr. 171. II. causal in aor. 1 ἐγήρᾱσα, bring to old age, ἐγήρασάν με τροφῇ A. Supp. 894; γηράσας πόδα (but perh. acc. cogn.) AP 6.94 (Phil.). (Akin to γέρων, γῆρας.)

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