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τηλέγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τηλέγονος τηλέγονον

Structure: τηλεγον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born far from one's father or fatherland

Examples

  • οὐκ ἀπῳδὰ δὲ καὶ τὰ πρὸ τούτων, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ Ἰλιακοῖσ συγγενῆ, Ἀχιλλέωσ ἐν Σκύρῳ παρθένευσισ καὶ Ὀδυσσέωσ μανία καὶ Φιλοκτήτου ἐρημία, καὶ ὅλωσ ἡ πᾶσα Ὀδύσσειοσ πλάνη καὶ Κίρκη καὶ Τηλέγονοσ καὶ ἡ Αἰόλου τῶν ἀνέμων δυναστεία καὶ τὰ ἄλλα μέχρι τῆσ τῶν μνηστήρων τιμωρίασ· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 46:4)
  • Τηλέγονοσ Ὀδυσσέωσ καὶ Κίρκησ ἐπ’ ἀναζήτησιν τοῦ πατρὸσ πεμφθεὶσ ἔμαθε πόλιν κτίσαι, ἔνθα ἂν ἴδῃ γεωργοὺσ ἐστεφανωμένουσ καὶ χορεύοντασ. (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 41 1:2)
  • Τηλέγονοσ Ὀδυσσέωσ καὶ Κίρκησ ἐπ’ ἀναζήτησιν τοῦ πατρὸσ πεμφθεὶσ ἔμαθε πόλιν κτίσαι, ἔνθα ἂν ἴδῃ γεωργοὺσ ἐστεφανωμένουσ καὶ χορεύοντασ. (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 41 3:1)
  • καὶ λαβὼν ὁρ́κουσ Ὀδυσσεὺσ παρ’ αὐτῆσ μηδὲν ἀδικηθῆναι συνευνάζεται, καὶ γίνεται αὐτῷ παῖσ Τηλέγονοσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 7 16:5)
  • Τηλέγονοσ δὲ παρὰ Κίρκησ μαθὼν ὅτι παῖσ Ὀδυσσέωσ ἐστίν, ἐπὶ τὴν τούτου ζήτησιν ἐκπλεῖ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 7 36:1)

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

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