παλαιός
Alt. πα^λαιός, ή, όν
Etym. formed from πάλαι
I. "old in years",
a. of persons, "old, aged", ἢ νέος ἠὲ παλαιός Hom.; π. γέρων, π. γρηῦς Od.; χρόνῳ π. Soph.
2. of things, οἶνος Od.; νῆες id=Od.
II. "of old date, ancient",
1. of persons, Hom.; Μίνως παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν Thuc.; οἱ π. "the ancients", Lat. veteres, id=Thuc.
2. of things, Od., Hdt., etc.: —τὸ παλαιόν, as adv. like τὸ πάλαι, "anciently, formerly", Hdt., etc.; ἐκ παλαιοῦ from "of old", id=Hdt.; ἐκ παλαιτέρου from "older time", id=Hdt.; ἐκ παλαιτάτου Thuc.
b. of things, also, "antiquated, obsolete", Aesch., Soph.