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Τιθωνός

tithonos

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1. Τιθωνός · Tithōnos — Beekes

Τιθωνός [m.] Son of Laomedon, abducted by Eos (Il. Hes., et al.). < PG(V)> eETYM Fur.: 191 compares τιτώ = ἡμέρα (sch. Lyc. 941), also = ἠώς, ἤ αὔριον (H.); because of the variation τί 0, the word is Pre-Greek. tiktw [v.] ‘to beget; to produce, generate, cause’ (Hom.). <1E *tek- ‘produce’> “VAR Aor. τεκεῖν, τεκέσθαι, fut. τέξω, often (and more original) -opat [med.] (all Hom.), inf. τεκεῖσθαι (h, Ven. 127, … — [Beekes, s.v. Τιθωνός, p. 1535]

2. Τῑθωνός · Tithōnos — LSJ

Tithonus

Tithonus, brother of Priam, husband of Eos, and father of Memnon, Il. 11.1, 20.237, Hes. Th. 984. etc.: metaph. of a decrepit old man, because, as the tale went, Eos begged Zeus to grant immortality to Tithonus, but forgot to ask for eternal youth, Ar. Ach. 688, Call. Iamb. 1.249: prov. of great old age, ὑπὲρ τὸν Τ. ζῆν Luc. DMort. 17[7].1.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Τιθωνός (scan p. 1535; entry #6072). Root candidates: *tek-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Τιθωνός (scan p. 1137; entry #8011).

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