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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

  • ἀποκτείνασ δὲ ἅπαντασ ὑπὸ Τηλεγόνου ὕστερον τοῦ ἐκ Κίρκησ μοι γενομένου ἀνῃρέθην, καὶ νῦν εἰμι ἐν τῇ Μακάρων νήσῳ πάνυ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ τῷ καταλιπεῖν τὴν παρὰ σοὶ δίαιταν καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ σοῦ προτεινομένην ἀθανασίαν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 35:8)

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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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