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|Definition=Adv. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[afar]], [[far away]], [[in a far country]], Hom., Hes., and later Ep.; τηλοῦ ἐπ' Ἀλφειῷ <span class="bibl">Il.11.712</span>; <b class="b3">τ. τῶν ἀγρῶν</b> [[in a far-away corner]] of the country, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>138</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of [[time]], [[long ago]], [[of old]], <b class="b3">οὐ γάρ σε . . ἀρχεύοντα νέον γεινώσκομεν ἀλλ' ἔτι τ</b>. Epic.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1015.13; <b class="b3">ἐξέτι τ</b>. since [[olden times]], IG5(2).173.1 (Tegea, iv B.C.); so perhaps Ὀδυσῆΐ γε τ. ἀπώλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ <span class="bibl">Od.17.253</span>: c. fut., οὐδέ τι τ. ὄψεαι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.495</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., mostly, [[far from]], <span class="bibl">Od.13.249</span>, <span class="bibl">23.68</span> (also τηλοῦ ἀπὸ . . <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>302</span>); rare in Trag., <b class="b3">τ. σέθεν</b>, [[far from]] thee, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>689</span>. (Opp. [[ἀγχοῦ]], [[ἄγχι]]. An obs. Adj. [[τηλός]] may be taken as the source whence come the Advbs. <b class="b3">τηλοῦ, τηλοῖ, τηλόθι, τηλόθεν, τηλόσε, τηλοτέρω, τηλοτάτω</b>, and Adj. [[τηλότερος]]; also [[τηλύς]], whence [[τήλιστος]]: a form [[τῆλυ]] = [[τῆλε]] is recognized by <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>54.28</span>, and occurs in <b class="b3">τηλύ-γετος</b>: an Aeol. form πήλυι, cited by Priscian.<span class="title">Inst.</span>1.6.37, Theognost.<span class="title">Can.</span>160, is restored in Sapph.1.6, where however πήλοι, which is [[varia lectio|v.l.]] and is recommended by <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>197.15</span>, should perhaps be read.)</span>