Τελχίς(Hdn.Gr. 1.17 , Choerob. in Theod. 2.267 H.), laterΤελχίν( Choerob. l.c., Sch. rec. A. Pers. 353 ),ῖνος,ὁ,
A. one of the Telchines, described as inhabitants of Crete (hence calledΤελχῑνία, St.Byz. ), Rhodes (Τελχῑνίς, Str. 14.2.7 ), Sicyon ( St.Byz. s.v.), Ceos ( Call. Fr. 9.65 P.), or Cyprus ( Paus. 9.19.1 ), and the first workers in metal; but of ill report asspiteful sorcerers(Τ.
γόητες
Call.
l.c.), D.S. 5.55 , Str. 10.3.19 , 14.2.7 :—Τελχίνιος[ῑν],α,ον , epith. of Apollo, Hera, and the Nymphs, D.S. l.c.; of Athena at Teumessus, Paus.l.c.:—Τελχίνια[ῑν],τά , a festival at Delphi, Schwyzer 323
D 9
(iv B.C.).
II. later, as Appellat.τελχίν,a spiteful person, backbiter, Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.1 (pl., glossed byβάσκανοι); τελχίν τις ἢ δαίμωνSch.rec.A.l.c.; asAdj.,τελχῖνες σῆτες βίβλων, of Grammarians, AP 11.321 ( Phil. ); as fem., τ. δεξιά
Lib. Or. 60.9
.
III. τελχῖνες,αἱ,
= αἱ ὑπὸ πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον καταφοραί , Hdn.Gr. 1.17 . (Connected withθέλγεινby ancient Gramm., cf. Ael.Dion. Fr. 436 , Hsch.