A.“-ως” X.Ages.1.5, Luc. Tyr.9), τό: nom. pl. γέρα^, apoc. for γέραα, Il.2.237, 9.334, Od.4.66; “γέρα_” E.Ph.874; “γέρεα” Hdt.2.168, SIG1037 (Milet.); γέρη ib.1025 (Cos); “γέρα_τα” IG14.1389i29: gen. pl. “γερῶν” Th.3.58, etc.; Ep. dat. “γεράεσσι” Hes.Th. 449, Theoc.17.109:—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. θ᾽ 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” SIG1037 (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.）
