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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

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|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>
|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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|lstext='''Τῑθωνός''': ὁ, υἱὸς τοῦ Λαομέδοντος καὶ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ Πριάμου, ἡρπάγη δὲ διὰ τὸ [[κάλλος]] [[αὐτοῦ]] ὑπὸ τῆς Ἠοῦς, ἥτις ἔσχεν ἐξ [[αὐτοῦ]] υἱοὺς τὸν Ἠμαθίωνα καὶ τὸν Μέμνονα, καὶ ζητήσασα παρὰ τῶν θεῶν [[ὑπὲρ]] [[αὐτοῦ]] ἀθανασίαν ἐπέτυχεν, ἀλλ’ ἐλησμόνησε νὰ ζητήσῃ καὶ αἰωνίαν νεότητα· ὁ Τιθωνὸς ἐγένετο ὑπεργήρως, δι’ ὃ σπλαγχνισθέντες αὐτὸν οἱ θεοὶ μετέβαλον εἰς τέττιγα, Ἰλ. Υ., Ἡσ. Θεογ. 984, κλπ. - μεταφ., ἐπὶ γέροντος ἀδυνάτου καὶ ἐξησθενημένου, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 688· [[παροιμία]] ἐπὶ [[μεγάλης]] ἡλικίας, [[ὑπὲρ]] τὸν Τιθωνὸν ζῆν Λουκ. Νεκρ. Διάλ. 7. 1· ὁ Τιθωνὸς ὡς [[σύζυγος]] τῆς Ἠοῦς παριστάνει [[ἴσως]] τὴν θνήσκουσαν ἡμέραν, Μ. Müller Sc. of Lang. 2, σ. 11.
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English (LSJ)

ὁ, Tithonus, brother of Priam, husband of Eos, and father of Memnon, Il.11.1, 20.237, Hes.Th.984. 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, Ar.Ach.688, Call.Iamb.1.249: prov. of great old age,

   A ὑπὲρ τὸν Τ. ζῆν Luc.DMort.7.1.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Τῑθωνός: ὁ, υἱὸς τοῦ Λαομέδοντος καὶ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ Πριάμου, ἡρπάγη δὲ διὰ τὸ κάλλος αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τῆς Ἠοῦς, ἥτις ἔσχεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ υἱοὺς τὸν Ἠμαθίωνα καὶ τὸν Μέμνονα, καὶ ζητήσασα παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ἀθανασίαν ἐπέτυχεν, ἀλλ’ ἐλησμόνησε νὰ ζητήσῃ καὶ αἰωνίαν νεότητα· ὁ Τιθωνὸς ἐγένετο ὑπεργήρως, δι’ ὃ σπλαγχνισθέντες αὐτὸν οἱ θεοὶ μετέβαλον εἰς τέττιγα, Ἰλ. Υ., Ἡσ. Θεογ. 984, κλπ. - μεταφ., ἐπὶ γέροντος ἀδυνάτου καὶ ἐξησθενημένου, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 688· παροιμία ἐπὶ μεγάλης ἡλικίας, ὑπὲρ τὸν Τιθωνὸν ζῆν Λουκ. Νεκρ. Διάλ. 7. 1· ὁ Τιθωνὸς ὡς σύζυγος τῆς Ἠοῦς παριστάνει ἴσως τὴν θνήσκουσαν ἡμέραν, Μ. Müller Sc. of Lang. 2, σ. 11.