A). 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 Ep., A.R. 1.719 , Mosch. 4.79 ; of a wife, ἄλοχον σαόφρονα τηλυγέτην τε JHS 19.296 (Galatia): once in Trag., τηλύγετον [χθονὸς] ἀπὸ πατρίδος E. IT 829 (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.T Il. 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.)