Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • πλανωμένη δὲ κατὰ τὴν Συρίαν ἅπασαν ἐκεῖ γὰρ ἐμηνύετο <ὅτι ἡ> τοῦ Βυβλίων βασιλέωσ <γυνὴ> ἐτιθήνει τὸν υἱόν καὶ τὸν Ἔπαφον εὑροῦσα, εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ἐλθοῦσα ἐγαμήθη Τηλεγόνῳ τῷ βασιλεύοντι τότε Αἰγυπτίων. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 1 3:16)

Related

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

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