παλαιός

I old in years

old in years,

1 aged, a dotard

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; π. γέρων, π. γρηῦς, Od. 13.432, 19.346, cf. Ar. 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 Hsch., but σκώπτης Suid.), Ar. Lys. 988.

2

of things, οἶνος Od. 2.340; νῆες . . νέαι ἠδὲ π. ib. 293; τρὺξ π. καὶ σαπρά Ar. Pl. 1086; [τριήρεις] π. ἀντὶ καινῶν Lys. 28.4; ὑποδήματα Pl. Men. 91d; σπέρματα Thphr. HP 7.1.6.

II of old date, ancient

of old date, ancient,

1 old, ancients

of persons, ξεῖνος π. an old guest-friend, Il. 6.215, cf. S. Tr. 263, E. Alc. 212; Ἴλου παλαιοῦ Il. 11.166; κέρδεα . . οἷʼ οὔ πώ τινʼ ἀκούομεν οὐδὲ παλαιῶν Od. 2.118; Μίνως παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν Th. 1.4; οἱ πάνυ π. ἄνθρωποι Pl. Cra. 411b; οἱ π. the ancients, Th. 1.3; π. ἡμερῶν LXX Da. 7.9.

2 ancient, anciently, formerly, of old, older time

of things, λέκτρον Od. 23.296; παλαιά τε πολλά τε εἰδώς 7.157; καινὰ καὶ π. ἔργα Hdt. 9.26; νόμοι A. Eu. 778 (lyr.); κατὰ τὸ νόμιμον τὸ π. καὶ ἀρχαῖον Lys. 6.51; κατὰ τὸν π. λόγον Pl. Grg. 499c; ἡ π. παροιμία Id. R. 329a; παλαίʼ ἂν [εἴη], ἐξ ὅτου S. Ph. 493; παλαιᾷ σύντροφος ἁμερᾷ Id. Aj. 622 (lyr.); of places, A. Pers. 17 (anap.), S. El. 4, etc.; καιροὶ π. ancient times, PPetr. 2p.15 (iii B. C.); τὸ π. as Adv., anciently, formerly, A. Pers. 102 (lyr.), Hdt. 1.171, Pl. Cra. 401c, etc.; ἐκ παλαιο

3

of things, also,

a venerable, held in esteem

in good sense, venerable, held in esteem, like Lat. antiquus, ἅπερ μέγιστα καὶ παλαιότατα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Antipho 6.4.

b antiquated, obsolete

in bad sense, antiquated, obsolete, κωφὰ καὶ π. ἔπη S. OT 290.

c which has been previously acted

π. δρᾶμα a drama which has been previously acted, SIG 1078 lxxxvii (Athens, iv B. C.).

III in an old way, at an earlier time

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.