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|Definition=ά, όν, Aeol. [[πάλαος]] Eust.28.33, ''Epigr.Gr.''992 (Balbilla); Boeot. [[παληός]] ''EM''32.6; Lacon. [[παλεός]] (v. infr.): regul. Comp. and Sup.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[παλαιότερος]] Pi.''N.''6.53, Th.1.1 codd., [[παλαιότατος]] Pl.''Ti.'' 83a, etc.: more freq. [[παλαίτερος]], [[παλαίτατος]] (from [[πάλαι]]), Pi.''P.''10.58, ''N.''7.44, Th.1.4, etc. [The penultimate is sometimes short in Poets, S.''Fr.''956 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), E.''El.''497, Damocr. ap. Gal.13.1049; παλεός γα ναὶ τὸν Κάστορα ἄνθρωπος Ar.''Lys.''988; in these places [[παλεός]] (a form mentioned by Hdn.Gr.2.909, cf. Theognost.''Can.''50.3, Sch.Ar.''Lys.'' l. c., Suid., and corroborated by the Pap. (iv B. C.) of Timotheus (v. [[παλεομίσημα]], [[παλεονυμφάγονος]])) may be retained or restored).]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[old in years]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> mostly of persons, [[aged]], ἢ νέος ἠὲ παλαιός Il.14.108; νέοι ἠδὲ παλαιοί Od.1.395, cf. Epicur.''Ep.''3p.59U.; παλαιῷ φωτὶ ἐοικώς Il. 14.136; <b class="b3">π. γέρων, π. γρηῦς</b>, Od.13.432, 19.346, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''676; χρόνῳ π. S.''OC''112; ἐν παλαιτέροισι Pi.''N.''3.73; ἔνθα δὴ παλαίτατοι θάσσουσι E.''Med.''68: in bad sense, a [[dotard]] ([[μωρός]] [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], but [[σκώπτης]] Suid.), Ar.''Lys.''988.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, οἶνος Od.2.340; <b class="b3">νῆες… νέαι ἠδὲ π.</b> ib. 293; τρὺξ π. καὶ σαπρά Ar.''Pl.''1086; [τριήρεις] π. ἀντὶ καινῶν Lys.28.4; ὑποδήματα Pl.''Men.''91d; σπέρματα [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 7.1.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[of old date]], [[ancient]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, <b class="b3">ξεῖνος π.</b> an [[old]] [[guest]]-[[friend]], Il.6.215, cf. S.''Tr.''263, E.''Alc.''212; Ἴλου παλαιοῦ Il.11.166; κέρδεα… οἷ' οὔ πώ τιν' ἀκούομεν οὐδὲ παλαιῶν Od.2.118; Μίνως παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴς μεν Th.1.4; οἱ πάνυ π. ἄνθρωποι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''411b; <b class="b3">οἱ π.</b> the [[ancients]], Th.1.3; π. ἡμερῶν [[LXX]] ''Da.''7.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, λέκτρον Od.23.296; παλαιά τε πολλά τε εἰδώς 7.157; καινὰ καὶ π. ἔργα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.26; νόμοι A.''Eu.'' 778 (lyr.); κατὰ τὸ νόμιμον τὸ π. καὶ ἀρχαῖον Lys.6.51; κατὰ τὸν π. λόγον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 499c; ἡ π. παροιμία Id.''R.''329a; παλαί' ἂν [εἴη], ἐξ ὅτου S.''Ph.''493; παλαιᾷ σύντροφος ἁμερᾷ Id.''Aj.''622 (lyr.); of places, A.''Pers.''17 (anap.), S.''El.''4, etc.; <b class="b3">καιροὶ π.</b> [[ancient]] times, ''PPetr.''2p.15 (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">τὸ π.</b> as adverb, [[anciently]], [[formerly]], A.''Pers.''102 (lyr.), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.171, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''401c, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐκ παλαιοῦ</b> from [[of old]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.157; ἐκ π. ἐχθρὸς ὢν αὐτοῦ Antipho 2.1.5; ἐκ τῶν παλαιῶν Herod.2.102; <b class="b3">ἐκ παλαιτέρου</b> from [[older time]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.60; ἐκ παλαιτάτου Th.1.18; also <b class="b3">εὐθὺς ἀπὸ παλαιοῦ</b> ib.2; <b class="b3">ἀρχαῖα καὶ παλαιά</b> joined, D.22.14, cf. Lys. (v. supr.); παλαιὸν δῶρον ἀρχαίου ποτὲ θηρός S.''Tr.''555.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, also,<br><span class="bld">a</span> in good sense, [[venerable]], [[held in esteem]], like Lat. [[antiquus]], ἅπερ μέγιστα καὶ παλαιότατα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Antipho 6.4.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in bad sense, [[antiquated]], [[obsolete]], κωφὰ καὶ π. ἔπη S.''OT''290.<br><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">π. δρᾶμα</b> a drama [[which has been previously acted]], ''SIG''1078 lxxxvii (Athens, iv B. C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[παλαιῶς]] = [[in an old way]], τὰ καινὰ π. [[διδάσκειν]] Socr.''Ep.''30.9: Comp. [[παλαίτερον]] [[at an earlier time]], D.H.8.57, al.