~ AGE    DURATION or TIME OF LIFE from
         see> EON
         gr   AION       = PERIOD OF EXISTENCE  sug> EON
         skt AYUS          LIFE
         lat AETAS         from
         gr  AION          LIFETIME or AGE or ETERNITY
             HABER         TO HAVE
         lat AEVUM         LONG TIME
         gr  AYE           ALWAYS             sug> YES
     old ger ES            ALWAYS
         sp  ES            EXISTS  EXISTING
         lat     AEUUM     AGE or LIFETIME
             PRIMAEVUUM    PRIMEVAL           sug> MEDIEVAL
                 AETAS     AGE
                 AETERNUS  ETERNAL
                 AEON      EON               
         ukr VIK           DURATION  AGE
             VICHNO        ETERNITY  FOR EVER
             VIKNO         WINDOW
             STARYJ        SENILE
             STARSHYJ      OLDER
             STADION       STADIUM
             STANCZIA      STATION
             STADIA        STAGE
         lat STATUS        STATE
         ply> | TO AGE IMPLIES TO EXIST |
         note   AGES OF MAN given below
~ AGING  or MATURE denoting the END IN A CYCLE
         myth> TITHONOS or TITHONUS stands for AGING
  BEING QUITE HANDSOME HE WAS ABDUCTED BY EOS
  SHE ASKED ZEUS IMMORTALITY FOR HER BELOVED BUT
  FORGOT TO ASK FOR HIS ETERNAL YOUTH AND
  TITHONOS AGED AND SHRIVELED
  IN THE END EOS CHANGED HIM INTO A CICADA
  sc> note CIRCADIAN is not related to CICADA
  biol> AGING IMPLIES CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL BUT
        GROWTH ALSO IMPLIES CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL THUS
  GROWTH IS ALSO AGING
  LIFE WITHOUT SOME AGING DOES NOT EXIST but
  modern advances permit keeping LIFE FROZEN
  BIOLOGIC AGE IS DIFFICULT TO DEFINE INDEPENDENTLY FROM
  CHRONOLOGICAL AGE   sug> CHRONOS  CHRONOMETER  CHRONIC
  ONE APPROACH IS TO COMPUTE AGE AS AN INDEPENDENT
  BIOLOGIC AGE INDEX as per ACCUMULATED GENETIC MUTATIONS
  IT MAY BE PRESUMED THAT MANY NON INHERITED MUTATIONS
  ARE DUE TO "RANDOM" UNREPAIRED ENVIRONMENTAL DNA ALTERATIONS
  WHICH CAUSE PROPORTIONAL DAMAGE or BIOLOGIC AGING
  SINCE THE EFFICIENCY OF DNA REPAIR VARIES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS
  SUCH MAY EXPLAIN TO SOME DEGREE INDIVIDUAL PATTERNS OF AGING
  or CONTRASTS OF AGING IN DIVERSE TISSUES or
  REFLECT CONTRASTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES    sug> SKIN AGE
  or OCCUPATIONS                                  sug> BONE AGE
  PROGERIA IS A SYNDROME MIMICKING ACCELERATED AGING
  med>  A GOOD DEFINITION IS GIVEN by CICERO [#]
  lit+  in part I of "OLD AGE"
       " I CAN FIND FOUR REASONS WHY OLD AGE IS REGARDED AS
         AN UNHAPPY TIME ...               sug> EMETIC
         IT TAKES US AWAY                  sug> EMERITUS
            FROM ACTIVE WORK ...           sug> LETHARGY
         IT WEAKENS THE BODY ...           sug> LETHAL
         IT DEPRIVES US PRACTICALLY OF     sug> POTENT
            ALL PHYSICAL PLEASURES         sug> IMPOTENT
         IT IS NOT FAR FROM DEATH          sug> THANATOS
  from the same source SENECA [#] adds
  " GREAT DEEDS ARE NOT DONE BY STRENGTH 
    NOR SPEED OR PHYSIQUE
    THEY ARE THE PRODUCTS OF THOUGHT AND
    CHARACTER AND JUDGEMENT
    AND {AGING} FAR FROM DIMINISHING SUCH QUALITIES
    ACTUALLY INCREASES {THEM} "
  note the ADVANCED AGES OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES
  lit+ " FACIES COMPUTAT ANNOS "   sug> ANNUAL COMPUTER
         THE FACE COMPUTES YEARS   sug> AGES OF MAN



~ ANCIENT  lat ANCIANUS from        sug> PRIOR
               ANTE = FROM BEFORE   sug> PRIMITIVE
  may imply FORMER  ABORIGINAL  RUDIMENTARY  PRIMORDIAL
  note  REGARDING GEOGRAPHY  THE NAMES USED BY THE
        ANCIENT PROVIDE CLUES TO THE EARLIEST LINKS
  BETWEEN PEOPLE IN ANCIENT TIMES   see> CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY
  ply> | ANCIENT   and PRIORITY have little to do with
         PRIMITIVE and RUDIMENTARY |


~ OLD  ELDER or AGED                 see> AGE
       id+ THOSE ABLE TO RAISE or    sug> NURSE
  NURTURE GROWTH                     see> ADULT
  ger     ALT      = SENIOR          sug> EMERITUS
  old eng ELDO       ELDER           sug> EMETIC
  Frisian ALD        idem           
  lat     ALERE      TO NOURISH     
  gr      ALDESKEIN  TO GROW
  lit+ for citations see> AGE