The corpus record

παλαιγενής

palaigenes

born long ago, full of years

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

born long ago, full of years, old, long long ago

born long ago, full of years, γεραιὲ παλαιγενές, addressed to Phoenix, Il. 17.561; γρηῢς π. Od. 22.395; ἄνθρωποι h.Cer. 113; ὁ π. Κρόνος A. Pr. 222; ἡ π. μήτηρ . . Θέμις ib. 873; π. Μοῖραι Id. Eu. 172 (lyr.); παρβασία Id. Th. 742 (lyr.); ἀοιδαί E. Med. 421; Βάκχιος π. old wine, Antiph. 237.1; νέκταρ π. Alex. 119.2; ἐχθρὸς ἦ π. long long ago, A. Ag. 1637.

In the wild

παλαιγενής · palaigenēs Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1637
παλαιγενεῖς · palaigeneis Aeschylus, Eumenides 169–173
παλαιγενῆ · palaigenē Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 221–222
παλαιγενὴς · palaigenēs Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 873–874
παλαιγενῆ · palaigenē Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742–743
παλαιγενεῖ · palaigenei Euripides, Phoenissae *)ioka/sth (DIORISIS sentence 140)

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Where it came from

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