- τηλύγετος
- τηλύγετος [ῠ], η, ον, old [dialect] Ep. epith. of children, of uncertain origin and sense; sts. clearly ofA a darling son, petted child, ἀλλ' οὐκ Ἰδομενῆα φόβος λάβε, τηλύγετον ὥς, Il.13.470;
τίσω δέ μιν ἶσον Ὀρέστῃ, ὅς μοι τ. τρέφεται θαλίῃ ἔνι πολλῇ 9.143
, cf. 285; so of an only son, ὡς . . πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ μοῦνον τηλύγετον ib.482;ὅς οἱ τ. γένετο Od.4.11
;ὡς δὲ πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα . . ἀγαπάζῃ . . μοῦνον τηλύγετον 16.19
; son of one's old age,τ. οἱ υἱός . . ὀψίγονος τρέφεται h.Cer.164
, cf. 283; also λιποῦσα παῖδά τε τηλυγέτην, of Hermione, the only daughter of Helen, Il.3.175; once of two sons, perh. twins,Φαίνοπος υἷε, ἄμφω τηλυγέτω 5.153
: so in later [dialect] Ep., A.R.1.719, Mosch. 4.79; of a wife,ἄλοχον σαόφρονα τηλυγέτην τε JHS19.296
([place name] Galatia): once in Trag.,τηλύγετον [χθονὸς] ἀπὸ πατρίδος E.IT829
(lyr.), where it seems to mean τηλοῦ γεγονότα, born far away, far-distant, as it certainly does in Simm.1.1 τηλυγέτων . . Ὑπερβορέων ἀνὰ δῆμον; similarly, τηλυγέτ ων ἀποικιῶν· τῶν μακρὰν ἀπεχουσῶν, Hsch. (= Com.Adesp.1315). (The best of the ancient interpretations is latest-born, i.e. after whom no more are born (= ὁ τῆς γονῆς τέλος ἔχων, μεθ' ὃν ἕτερος οὐ γίνεται, Sch.TIl.9.482), including only children, these being the best-beloved. The word was prob. thought to be derived from τέλος (τελευ-τή, cf. Orion in Et.Gud.616.37) and γίγνομαι; but this presents difficulties, and the sense petted, well-beloved, may equally well be the primary one.)
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