παλαιό-τερος

Grammatical information: Adv.

Meaning: `of old, formerly, long ago, bygone, earlier' (Il.; supposition on the development of the meaning in Treu Von Hom. zur Lyrik 127).

Dialectal forms: Myc. parajo \/ palaios\/.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. παλαι-γενής `born long ago, highly aged' (Il.). ἔκ-παλαι `long since, long ago' (hell.).

Derivatives: παλαιός `old, ancient, former' (Il.) with παλαι-ότης f. `age, ancientness' (Att.), - όομαι, - όω `to grow old, to make age, to declare archaic' (Hp., Pl., Arist.); from it παλαί-ωσις f. `aging' (Hp., LXX, Str.), - ώματα pl. `antiquity' (LXX). Comp. forms παλαί-τερος, - τατος (Pi.), also παλαιό-τερος (Ψ 788 [metr. condit.] etc.; Schwyzer 534 w. n.6), - τατος (Pl.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [640] * kʷel-? `far'

Etymology: Formation (except for the accent) like χαμαί, παραί; so prop. a frozen case-form (dat.?, s. Schwyzer 548 w. lit.). Ablauting τῆλε `far away, far' (s. v.), Boeot πήλυι `id.'; the spatial meaning is evidently the older one. Skt. caramá- `the utmost, the last', which has been connected with it, forms a connection with τέλος `end, goal'; so πάλαι orig. `at the end' (prop. `at the turning point of the career'), `in the distance', `in remote time(s)'. It is unnecessary to assume a separate * kʷel- `far away' (WP. 1, 517, Pok. 640). The Mycenaean form presents difficulties for a labio-velar. -- Cf. πάλιν and πέλομαι. - The - α- has not yet been explained; one might think of *kʷl̥h₂-ei.

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