The corpus record

πᾰλαί-ωσις

palaiosis · ἡ

keeping for a long time

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Where it lives

Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k

What it meant — LSJ

keeping for a long time, maturing, dilapidated condition

keeping for a long time, esp. of wine, παλαίωσιν δέχεσθαι Str. 5.4.3, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.656b, Ath. 1.33b, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.140; of drugs, maturing, Hp. Decent. 10; dilapidated condition of a house, Stud.Pal. 22.131.7 (ii A. D.): metaph., διελθεῖν εἰς π. LXX Na. 1.15 (2.1); μῆνις ὀργὴ εἰς π. ἀποτιθεμένη Andronic.Rhod. p. 572 M.

In the wild

παλαίωσιν · palaiōsin Septuaginta, Nahum 2

Where it came from

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