1. τέλθος · telthos — Beekes
τέλθος [n.] ‘payment, tribute, debt’ (Call.). «GR? VAR Also τέλθος: χρέος ‘obligation, debt’ (H.). *ETYM A transformation of » τέλος 2 after ἄχθος, βρῖθος, πλῆθος. — [Beekes, s.v. τέλθος, p. 1512]
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τέλθος
telthos
payment, tribute, debt
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2. Τέλθος · Telthos — Chantraine
Τέλθος n. « dette, tribut » (Call. H. 5, 106 ; 6, 77) est considéré comme un dorisme, cf. R. Schmitt, Nominalbildung des Kallimachos 120, n. 125, p.-ê. réfection de τέλος d'après ἄχθος, πλῆθος. Dans l'onomastique, nombreux noms se rattachant à cette famille. En mycénien, p.-ê. ferawo, mais cf. Ruijgh, Études $ 255 n. 21 terejawo. En grec alphabétique, composés — 1103 — τέμνω comme Τελεσίφρων, εἷο., hypocoristiques … — [Chantraine, s.v. Τέλθος, p. 1121]
3. τέλθος · telthos — LSJ
debt, payment due
debt, payment due, κομίζευ . . τ. ὀφειλόμενον Call. Lav.Pall. 106; τ. ἀπαιτησῶν ἑκατὸν βόας Id. Cer. 78.
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