πᾰλαί-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
(παλαιόομαι) keeping for a long time, especially of wine, παλαίωσιν δέχεσθαι [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.4.3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.656b, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.33b, 1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 2.58.140 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of drugs, maturing, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dilapidated condition of a house, [[ “Stud.Pal.” 22.131.7 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, διελθεῖν εἰς π. [[ LXX.Nah.1.15 (2.1); μῆνις ὀργὴ εἰς π. ἀποτιθεμένη Andronic.Rhod. p.572 M. ] LXX]