Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τηλεφανής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τηλεφανής τηλεφανές

Structure: τηλεφανη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fai/nomai

Sense

  1. appearing afar, far-seen, conspicuous
  2. heard plainly from afar

Examples

  • ἰοῦσι δὲ ἐκ Μεγάρων ἐσ Κόρινθον ἄλλοι τέ εἰσι τάφοι καὶ αὐλητοῦ Σαμίου Τηλεφάνουσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 44 11:1)
  • οὗ δὴ λέγεται πρώτη Σαπφώ ὥσ φησιν ὁ Μένανδροσ τὸν ὑπέρκομπον θηρῶσα Φάων’ οἰστρῶντι πόθῳ ῥῖψαι πέτρασ ἀπὸ τηλεφανοῦσ ἅλμα κατ’ εὐχὴν σήν, δέσποτ’ ἄναξ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 2 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. appearing afar

  2. heard plainly from afar

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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