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τηλέφιλον
τηλέφιλον τηλέ-φῐλον, ου, τό, faraway-love, love-in-absence, a plant used by lovers to try whether their love was returned; the leaf being laid on the hand was struck smartly, and a loud crack was a favourable omen, Theocr.

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faraway-love, love-in-absence

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τηλέφιλον
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τηλέφιλον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
τηλεφιλον
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τηλέφιλον τηλέ-φῐλον, ου, τό, faraway-love, love-in-absence, a plant used by lovers to try whether their love was returned; the leaf being laid on the hand was struck smartly, and a loud crack was a favourable omen, Theocr.
IDX:
32574
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n32611
Key:
thle/filon

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