A.keeping for a long time, esp. of wine, “παλαίωσιν δέχεσθαι” Str.5.4.3, cf. Plu.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.
πα^λαί-ωσις , εως, ἡ, (παλαιόομαι)