γῆρυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γᾶρυς (gârus) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to shout, call”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̂ː.rys/ → /ˈʝi.rys/ → /ˈʝi.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̂ː.rys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe̝.rys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.rys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.rys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ris/

Noun

γῆρῠς • (gêrŭs) f (genitive γήρυος); third declension

1. voice, speech
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.437
   • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 754

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γῆρῠς hē gêrŭs	τὼ γήρῠε tṑ gḗrŭe	αἱ γήρῠες hai gḗrŭes
Genitive	τῆς γήρῠος tês gḗrŭos	τοῖν γηρῠ́οιν toîn gērŭ́oin	τῶν γηρῠ́ων tôn gērŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ γήρῠῐ̈ / γήρυι têi gḗrŭĭ̈ / gḗrui	τοῖν γηρῠ́οιν toîn gērŭ́oin	ταῖς γήρῠσῐ / γήρῠσῐν taîs gḗrŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν γῆρῠν tḕn gêrŭn	τὼ γήρῠε tṑ gḗrŭe	τᾱ̀ς γήρῡς / γήρῠᾰς tā̀s gḗrūs / gḗrŭăs
Vocative	γῆρῠ gêrŭ	γήρῠε gḗrŭe	γήρῠες gḗrŭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ γῆρῠς; τῆς γήρῠος (Attic)

Derived terms

• γαρύω (garúō)
• γηρύω (gērúō)

Further reading

• “γῆρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γῆρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γῆρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γῆρυς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “γῆρυς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “γῆρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • voice idem, page 955.