canities

cānitiēs acc.em, abl.ē, f

canus, a gray color, grayish-white, hoariness (poet. and late): lupi, O.: rigidis hirta capillis, O.— Meton., gray hair : Canitiem deformat pulvere, V.— Of the beard: inculta, V.— Gray hairs, old age : Canitiem sibi promiserat, V.: Donec virenti canities abest, H.: usque ad canitiem, Ta.