γηρόκομος

A. tending old age, χήτει γηροκόμοιο for want of one to tend one's age, Hes. Th. 605; ἃς δαίμων ἀντ’ ἐμέθεν ὤπασε γηροκόμους, i.e. daughters, Epigr.Gr. 536 (Tomi); χείρ γ. IG 3.1335; φροντίδες γ. Opp. H. 5.85: in later Prose (written γηρωκόμος), J. AJ 1.13.3, Alciphr. 3.16, Lib. Decl. 49.25.