Γερήνιος

Gerenian

Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Jun 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

10 words

[Meaning an] honored old man.
Or [one living] in Gerena.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γερήνιος· ἔντιμος γέρων. ἢ ἐν τῇ Γερήνῃ.

Betacode

*gerh/nios: e)/ntimos ge/rwn. h)\ e)n th=| *gerh/nh|.

From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.336 (web address 1 below), attempting to explicate this epithet of Nestor, epitome of the venerable elder. For "Gerena," in Messenia, see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Gerenia.