καταγηράσκω

katagerasko

grow old

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Critias 1
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Chapter ?

112c5
Laws 1
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Book XII 1
Chapter ?

949c1
Symposium 1
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216a8
Theaetetus 1
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202d3

Dictionary (LSJ)

καταγηράσκω, Od. 19.360 (= Hes. Op. 93), E. Med. 124 (anap.), Hyp. Lyc. 12, Arist. HA 622a26, etc.:—also καταγηρ-άω, Pl. Criti. 112c, Is. 2.22 (-γηράναι Dobree): fut. -γηράσομαι [ᾱ] Ar. Eq. 1308, etc., -άσω Pl. Lg. 949c (aor. subj. in Smp. 216a): aor. -εγήρᾱσα Hdt. 2.146, Pl. Tht. 202d, Ath. 14.633b:—from *κατα-γήραμι (cf. γηράσκω) come inf. -γηράναι or -γηρᾶναι (Att., acc. to Moer.p.115 P., v. supr.) Ath. 5.190e, and prob. -εγήρα Od. 9.510, Hdt. 6.72: pf. καταγεγήρᾱκα Isoc. 10.1:—A. grow old, ll. cc.; αἶψα . . ἐν κακότητι βροτοὶ καταγηράσκουσιν Od. 19.360; μαντευόμενος κατεγήρα Κυκλώπεσσιν 9.510, cf. Hdt. 6.72.

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