γέρων
I. "an old man", Hom., etc.
2. in political sense, γέροντες "the Elders, Seniors", or "Chiefs", who formed the King's Council, Hom.:—then, like Lat. Patres, the Senators, esp. at Sparta, Hdt.
II. as adj. "old", mostly with a masc. Noun, Theogn., Aesch., etc.; but γέρον σάκος occurs in Od.