παλαιός: Difference between revisions

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