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

  • τοὺσ δ’ ἥγε δόμοισ ἔνι Τυνδαρέοιο τηλυγέτουσ ὠδῖνι μιῇ τέκεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 3:23)

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

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