Γεραιά

venerable woman

Translated by David Whitehead13 Oct 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 17 words

[Meaning] an old woman.¹
Also [sc. attested is the plural] venerable women, those women consecrated to Dionysos.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γεραιά· ἡ γραῦς. καὶ Γεραιαί, αἱ τῷ Διονύσῳ ἱερώμεναι γυναῖκες.

Betacode

*geraia/: h( grau=s. kai\ *geraiai/, ai( tw=| *dionu/sw| i(erw/menai gunai=kes.