παλαιός
παλαιός, ά, όν, Aeol. πάλαος Eust. 28.33, Epigr.Gr. 992 ( Balbilla); Boeot. παληός EM 32.6; Lacon. παλεός (v. infr.): regul. Comp. and Sup. παλαιότερος Pi. N. 6.53, Th. 1.1 codd., παλαιότατος Pl. Ti. 83a, etc.: more freq. παλαίτερος, παλαίτατος (from πάλαι), Pi. P. 10.58, N. 7.44, Th. 1.4, etc. [The penult. is sts. short in Poets, S. Fr. 956 (s. v. l.), E. El. 497, Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.1049; παλεός γα ναὶ τὸν Κάστορα ἄνθρωπος Ar. Lys. 988; in these places παλεός (a form mentioned by Hdn.Gr. 2.909, cf. Theognost. Can. 50.3, Sch. Ar. Lys. l.c., Suid., and corroborated by the Pap. (iv B. C.) of Timotheus (v. παλεομίσημα, παλεονυμφάγονος)) may be retained or restored).]: