1. τῆλε · tēle — Beekes
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τῆλε
tele
in the distance, far away
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What it meant
2. τῆλε · tēle — Chantraine
3. τῆλε · tēle — Chantraine
4. τῆλε · tēle — Frisk
5. τῆλε · tēle — LSJ
= τηλοῦ (q.v.), at a distance, far off, Il. 17.190, Od. 2.183, 17.312; μάλα τ. Hes. Th. 1015; τ. πρὸς δυσμαῖς A. Pers. 232 (troch.).
to a distance, afar, τῆλε δὲ χαλκὸς λάμπε Il. 10.153; τ. βάλε 20.482; τ. πεσόντα 18.395; ᾤχετο τ. διὰ προμάχων 11.358.
c. gen., far from, τ. φίλων καὶ πατρίδος αἴης ib. 817, 16.539; τ. δʼ ἀπεπλάγχθη σάκεος δόρυ 22.291; cf. Od. 2.333, 12.354, etc.; τ. δʼ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ κάππεσε Il. 23.880, cf. 16.117, 17.301, Od. 5.315, Hes. Sc. 275; also τῆλʼ ἐξ . . Il. 2.863.--Ep. word, used once by Pi., P. 11.23, and once in Trag. (A. l.c.); never in Prose, cf. τηλαυγής.
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- τῆλε · tēle Aeschylus, Persians 232
- τῆλε · tēle Shield of Heracles 275
- τῆλε · tēle Theogony 1015–1016
- τῆλε · tēle Iliad 10.153
- τῆλε · tēle Iliad 11.358
- τῆλε · tēle Iliad 11.44
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τῆλε (scan pp. 1528-1529; entry #6048).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τῆλε (scan p. 1132; entry #7978).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τῆλε (scan pp. 1863-1864; entry #5643). Root candidates: *gtel-.