A.Council of Elders, senate, E.Rh.401: esp. at Sparta, D.20.107, Arist.Pol.1270b24, IG5(2).345.10 (Orchom. Arc., ii/i B. C.); cf. γερωΐα and γεροντία; also of the Carthaginian Senate, Arist.Pol.1272b37; and the Roman, Plu.2.789e, Jul.Or.2.97b; of the Jewish Sanhedrin, Act.Ap.5.21, cf. LXX Ex.3.16.
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