Synonym for: Old.

See Definition for \palaiov\ 3820 See Definition for \arcaiov\ 744

According to their derivation, \palaiov\ is that which has been in existence for a long time, \arcaiov\ that which has been from the beginning. In use, at times no distinction can be drawn. Often, however, \arcaiov\ does denote distinctively that which has been from the beginning, and so it reaches back to a point of time beyond \palaiov\. \palaiov\ has often the secondary meaning of that which is old and so worn out, having suffered more or less from the injuries and ravages of time, its opposite in this sense being \kainov\.