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If immortal is good enough for old, but still young-looking, you can refer to Virgil, who wroteiam senior, sed cruda deo viridisque senectus (Verg. Aen. 6, 304) The god in question is Charon, whose old...

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An idiom for a young-looking older person

How can I say idiomatically in classical Latin that someone is old but still looks young?Should I say bene senuit ("he has aged well"), should I use a participle like bene reservatus/retentatus, or...

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