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τηλωπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τηλωπός τηλωπόν

Structure: τηλωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)/y

Sense

  1. seen from afar, far away
  2. heard from afar

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῖον πυλωρὸν φύλακα Τεῦκρον ἀμφί σοι λείψω τροφῆ τ’ ἀόκνον ἔμπα, κεἰ τανῦν τηλωπὸσ οἰχνεῖ, δυσμενῶν θήραν ἔχων. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 3:11)
  • ὡσ οὐκ ἔξεδροσ, ἀλλ’ ἔντοποσ ἁνήρ, οὐ μολπὰν σύριγγοσ ἔχων, ὡσ ποιμὴν ἀγροβότασ, ἀλλ’ ἤ που πταίων ὑπ’ ἀνάγκασ βοᾷ τηλωπὸν ἰωάν, ἢ ναὸσ ἄξενον αὐγάζων ὁρ́μον· (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, antistrophe 33)

Synonyms

  1. seen from afar

  2. heard from afar

Similar forms

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

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