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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a locative form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, revolve”). Compare τέλος (télos, “end”) and πάλαι (pálai, “long ago”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ̂ː.le/ → /ˈti.le/ → /ˈti.le/
Adverb
τῆλε • (têle)
- far off, afar, far away
Derived terms
References
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