γ192Γεραιός
venerable
[Meaning] honoured. Also one who is full of wrinkles. In the Epigrams: "a fair-coated pomegranate and wrinkle-skinned figs." And elsewhere: "from which the old man sent forth sweet scent from his soft lips."
Γεραιός· ἔντιμος. καὶ ὁ ῥυτίδων ἀνάπλεως. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ῥοιὴν ξανθοχίτωνα γεραιόφλοιά τε σῦκα. καὶ αὖθις· ἧς ὁ γεραιὸς λαρότερον μαλακῶν ἔπνεεν ἐκ στομάτων.
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