Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τηλοτάτω

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Principal Part: τηλοτάτω

Etym.: Sup. of thlou=

Sense

  1. farthest away

Examples

  • τηλοτάτω χεύασθαι ἔδει τάφον Οἰδιπόδαο παισὶν ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων, οἷσ πέρασ οὐδ’ Αἴδασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3991)
  • τῆμοσ δὲ σὺ μὲν δεδμημένοσ ὕπνῳ λέξεαι, οἱ δ’ ἐλόωσι γαλήνην, ὄφρ’ ἂν ἵκηαι πατρίδα σὴν καὶ δῶμα, καὶ εἴ πού τοι φίλον ἐστίν, εἴ περ καὶ μάλα πολλὸν ἑκαστέρω ἔστ’ Εὐβοίησ, τήν περ τηλοτάτω φάσ’ ἔμμεναι, οἵ μιν ἴδοντο λαῶν ἡμετέρων, ὅτε τε ξανθὸν Ῥαδάμανθυν ἦγον ἐποψόμενον Τιτυὸν Γαιήιον υἱόν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 29:2)

Synonyms

  1. farthest away

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

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