Τιθωνός
ὑμῖν ἔξεστι εὐδαίμοσι γενέσθαι → to you it is permitted to be joyful, it is permitted to be happy, it is permitted to be fortunate, vobis licet esse beatis
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.
