Scaife ATLAS

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.

ShortDef

faraway-love, love-in-absence

Debugging

Headword:

τηλέφιλον

Headword (normalized):

τηλέφιλον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

τηλεφιλον

IDX:

32574

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n32611

Key:

thle/filon

Data

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