τλήμων
tlemon
patient, steadfast, stout-hearted
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τλήμων, Dor. τλάμων [ᾱ], ονος, ὁ, ἡ: voc. τλῆμον Pr. 614, but ἰὼ τλάμων Aj. 893 (lyr.); τλήμων ἀνήρ (ἄνερ codd.) Andr. 348, cf. Hipp. 554 (lyr.): (*τλάω):—A. poet. Adj., used by and (v. infr.): I. patient, steadfast, stout-hearted, ὁ τλήμων Ὀδυσεύς Il. 10.231,498 (to whom a τλήμων θυμός is ascribed, 5.670); θαρσαλέοι καὶ τ. 21.430; ψυχὴν καὶ θυμὸν τλήμονα παρθέμενος 12.18; τλάμονι ψυχᾷ P. 1.48; τλήμονες, οἷον ἀγῶνα . . τελέσαντες . . ψυχὰς . . ὠλέσατʼ Ath.Mitt. 57.142 (Athens, v. B.C.); τλήμων οὖσʼ ἀπʼ εὐτόλμου φρενός Ag. 1302; of patients, CD 1.4; τ. ἐς παιδείην SD 2.6: Sup. -εστάτη Heracl. 570. 2. in bad sense, overbold, reckless, 196; τλάμονι καὶ πανούργῳ χειρί Ch. 384 (lyr.); τλημονεστάτη γυνή El. 439, cf. 275, Ch. 596 (lyr.); τλάμονι θυμῷ Med. 865 (lyr.). II. wretched, miserable, of persons, Pr. 614, Ph. 161 (anap.), Pax 723, An. 3.1.29, Mem. 2.1.30: c. gen., ὦ τλάμων ὑμεναίων Hipp. 554 (lyr.); θανάτου τλήμων Th. 1072 (anap.). 2. of conditions, acts, words, etc., τλήμονες φυγαί, τύχαι, Hipp. 1177, HF 921 (lyr.); τλημονέστατος λόγος Hec. 562; ὁδὸς τλημονεστάτη, -τέρα, Med. 1067,1068: sts. also, as we use wretched, in a disparaging sense, τ. γαστρὸς ἔριθον h.Merc. 296; οἶνος Epigr. 62. III. Adv. τλημόνως patiently, Ch. 748, Supp. 947, 14.213. 2. miserably, Tr. 40,
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