τηλοῦ,Adv.
A. afar, far away, in a far country, Hom. , Hes. , and later Ep. ; τηλοῦ ἐπ' Ἀλφειῷ
Il. 11.712
;τ. τῶν ἀγρῶν in a far-away cornerof the country, Ar. Nu. 138 .
b. of Time,long ago, of old,οὐ γάρ σε . . ἀρχεύοντα νέον γεινώσκομεν ἀλλ' ἔτι τ. Epic. Oxy. 1015.13 ;ἐξέτι τ. sinceolden times,
IG 5(2).173.1 (Tegea,iv B.C.); so perh. Ὀδυσῆί̈ γε τ. ἀπώλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ
Od. 17.253
: c.fut., οὐδέ τι τ. ὄψεαι
Opp. H. 2.495
.
2. c. gen., mostly,far from, Od. 13.249 , 23.68 (also τηλοῦ ἀπὸ . .
Hes. Th. 302
); rare in Trag.,τ. σέθεν,far fromthee, E. Cyc. 689 . ( Opp.
ἀγχοῦ, ἄγχι. An obs.Adj. τηλόςmay be taken as the source whence come the Advbs.τηλοῦ, τηλοῖ, τηλόθι, τηλόθεν, τηλόσε, τηλοτέρω, τηλοτάτω, andAdj. τηλότερος; alsoτηλύς, whenceτήλιστος: a formτῆλυ