Scaife ATLAS

Thus, that is entering, or has just entered, on manhood or womanhood, grown, great, big : λιποῦσα παῖδα τηλυγέτην Il. 3.175 (i.e. just at the age when she most needed a mother's care), βῆ μετὰ φαίνοπος υἶε, ἄμφω τηλυγέτω · ὁ δὲ τείρετο γήραϊ Il. 5.153 (of course the older the boys the less their father could hope for other heirs ; cf. Il. 9.482 : Od. 16.19 below), Ὀρέστῃ, ὅς μοι (οἰ̔ τηλύγετος τρέφεται θαλίῃ ἔνι πολλῇ (a big boy by now) Il. 9.143, 285, ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ δν παῖδα φιλήσῃ μοῦνον τηλύγετον πολλοῖσιν ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσιν 482 (cf. Il. 5.153 above) : ὅς οἱ τηλύγετος γένετο (was now a grown youth; see under γίγνομαι I.9) Od. 4.11, ὡς πατὴρ ὃν παῖδʼ ἀγαπάζῃ μοῦνον τηλύγετον Od. 16.19 (cf. Il. 5.153 above).

Absol., a stripling : οὐκ?̓ιδομενῆα φόβος λάβε τηλύγετον ὥς Il. 13.470.

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an only child, a darling child

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τηλύγετος

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τηλύγετος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

τηλυγετος

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8914

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urn:cite2:exploreHomer:entries.atlas_v1:1.8915

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{'content': "-η [perh. fr. *τῆλυς, great (cf. τῆλε, τηλοῦ). Grown big.] Thus, that is entering, or has just entered, on manhood or womanhood, grown, great, big : λιποῦσα παῖδα τηλυγέτην Il. 3.175 (i.e. just at the age when she most needed a mother's care), βῆ μετὰ φαίνοπος υἶε, ἄμφω τηλυγέτω · ὁ δὲ τείρετο γήραϊ Il. 5.153 (of course the older the boys the less their father could hope for other heirs ; cf. Il. 9.482 : Od. 16.19 below), Ὀρέστῃ, ὅς μοι (οἰ̔ τηλύγετος τρέφεται θαλίῃ ἔνι πολλῇ (a big boy by now) Il. 9.143, 285, ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ δν παῖδα φιλήσῃ μοῦνον τηλύγετον πολλοῖσιν ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσιν 482 (cf. Il. 5.153 above) : ὅς οἱ τηλύγετος γένετο (was now a grown youth; see under γίγνομαι I.9) Od. 4.11, ὡς πατὴρ ὃν παῖδʼ ἀγαπάζῃ μοῦνον τηλύγετον Od. 16.19 (cf. Il. 5.153 above). Absol., a stripling : οὐκ?̓ιδομενῆα φόβος λάβε τηλύγετον ὥς Il. 13.470."}