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|Full diacritics=Τῑθωνός
|Medium diacritics=Τιθωνός
|Low diacritics=Τιθωνός
|Capitals=ΤΙΘΩΝΟΣ
|Transliteration A=Tithōnós
|Transliteration B=Tithōnos
|Transliteration C=Tithonos
|Beta Code=*tiqwno/s
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="title">Tithonus</span>, brother of Priam, husband of Eos, and father of Memnon, <span class="bibl">Il.11.1</span>, <span class="bibl">20.237</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>984</span>. 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, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>688</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.249</span>: prov. of great old age, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὑπὲρ τὸν Τ. ζῆν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>7.1</span>.</span>
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