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τηλύγετος
τηλύγετος τηλύγετος (ῠ), η, ον an only child, a darling child, Hom.; once of two sons, perhaps twins, Il.:—in Eur., τηλύγετος χθονὸς ἀπὸ πατρίδος, it means born far away, living away from, as if a compd. of τῆλυ ( = τῆλε) , γενέσθαι: but the Homeric sense is opposed to this; and the deriv. remains uncertain.

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an only child, a darling child

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τηλύγετος τηλύγετος (ῠ), η, ον an only child, a darling child, Hom.; once of two sons, perhaps twins, Il.:—in Eur., τηλύγετος χθονὸς ἀπὸ πατρίδος, it means born far away, living away from, as if a compd. of τῆλυ ( = τῆλε) , γενέσθαι: but the Homeric sense is opposed to this; and the deriv. remains uncertain.
IDX:
32587
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n32624
Key:
thlu/getos

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