"γραῦς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See γραῦς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡrâu̯s/, /ɣraɸs/, /ɣrafs/, /ɡrâu̯s/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ɡraʍs/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ɣraɸs/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ɣrafs/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ɣrafs/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *grāū́s, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-yéw-s, from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ǵerh₂-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*grāū́s}} Proto-Hellenic *grāū́s, {{der|grc|ine-pro||*ǵr̥h₂-yéw-s}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-yéw-s Head templates: {{grc-noun|γρᾱός|f|third}} γραῦς • (graûs) f (genitive γρᾱός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|irreg|γραῦς|γρᾱός|γρᾱΐ|γραῦν|γραῦ|γρᾶε|γρᾱοῖν|γρᾶες|γρᾱῶν|γραυσῐ́(ν)|γραῦς|form=F}} Forms: graûs [romanization], γρᾱός [genitive], Attic irregular [table-tags], ἡ γραῦς [nominative, singular], γρᾶε [dual, nominative], αἱ γρᾶες [nominative, plural], τῆς γρᾱός [genitive, singular], γρᾱοῖν [dual, genitive], γρᾱῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ γρᾱΐ [dative, singular], γρᾱοῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς γραυσῐ́ [dative, plural], γραυσῐ́ν [dative, plural], taîs grausĭ́(n) [dative, plural], τὴν γραῦν [accusative, singular], γρᾶε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς γραῦς [accusative, plural], γραῦ [singular, vocative], γρᾶε [dual, vocative], γρᾶες [plural, vocative], γρηῦς [alternative, Ionic], γραῦῐς [alternative, Doric], γρηΰς [alternative, poetic]
  1. an old woman Coordinate_terms: γέρων (gérōn)

Alternative forms

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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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