Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τηλύγετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τηλύγετος τηλύγετη τηλύγετον

Structure: τηλυγετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an only child, a darling child, born far away, living away from

Examples

  • βῆ δὲ μετὰ Ξάνθόν τε Θόωνά τε Φαίνοποσ υἱε͂ ἄμφω τηλυγέτω· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 19:4)

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

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