τῆλε

See also: τηλε- and τηλέ-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τῆλ’ (têl’) — apocopic

Etymology

From a locative form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, revolve”). Compare τέλος (télos, “end”) and πάλαι (pálai, “long ago”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̂ː.le/ → /ˈti.le/ → /ˈti.le/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛ̂ː.le/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte̝.le/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le/

Adverb

τῆλε • (têle)

1. far off, afar, far away

Derived terms

• τηλαυγής (tēlaugḗs)
• τηλεδαπός (tēledapós)
• Τηλέπυλος (Tēlépulos)
• τηλόθεν (tēlóthen)
• τηλόθι (tēlóthi)
• τηλοῦ (tēloû)

Further reading

• “τῆλε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τῆλε”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τῆλε”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τῆλε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τῆλε in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τῆλε”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter