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τηλοῦ

telou

afar, far away, in a far country

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

τηλοῦ, Adv. A. afar, far away, in a far country, Hom., Hes., and later Ep.; τηλοῦ ἐπʼ Ἀλφειῷ Il. 11.712; τ. τῶν ἀγρῶν in a far-away corner of the country, Ar. Nu. 138. b. of Time, long ago, of old, οὐ γάρ σε . . ἀρχεύοντα νέον γεινώσκομεν ἀλλʼ ἔτι τ. Epic.Oxy. 1015.13; ἐξέτι τ. since olden times, IG 5(2).173.1 (Tegea, iv B.C.); so perh. Ὀδυσῆΐ γε τ. ἀπώλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ Od. 17.253: c. fut., οὐδέ τι τ. ὄψεαι Opp. H. 2.495. 2. c. gen., mostly, far from, Od. 13.249, 23.68 (also τηλοῦ ἀπὸ . . Hes. Th. 302); rare in Trag., τ. σέθεν, far from thee, E. Cyc. 689. (Opp. ἀγχοῦ, ἄγχι. An obs. Adj. τηλός may be taken as the source whence come the Advbs. τηλοῦ, τηλοῖ, τηλόθι, τηλόθεν, τηλόσε, τηλοτέρω, τηλοτάτω, and Adj. τηλότερος; also τηλύς, whence τήλιστος: a form τῆλυ = τῆλε is recognized by A.D. Pron. 54.28, and occurs in τηλύ-γετος: an Aeol. form πήλυι, cited by Priscian. Inst. 1.6.37, Theognost. Can. 160, is restored in Sapph. 1.6, where however πήλοι, which is v.l. and is recommended by A.D. Adv. 197.15, shd. perh. be read.)
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