τηλαυγής
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
ές, (τῆλε, αὐγή)
A far-shining, far-beaming, πρόσωπον, of the sun, h.Hom.31.13; εἵματα, of the moon, ib.32.8; φάος, φέγγος, Pi.P.3.75 (Comp.), N.3.64; ἀκτίς, ἀκτίνων σέλας, Ar.Av.1092 (lyr.), 1711; στέφανοι Pi.P.2.6; πρόσωπον θέμεν τ. to make it beam from afar, Id.O.6.4: metaph., τ. νοῦς luminous meaning, D.H.Th. 30; σαφεῖς καὶ τ. αἰτίαι Jul.Or.5.174d; λέξεις ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον ἀχθεῖσαι Erot.Prooem. II of distant objects, far-seen, conspicuous, σκοπιή Thgn.550; κορυφά Pi.Pae.7.12; φᾶρος B.16.5; ὄχθος S.Tr. 524 (lyr.); of leprosy, LXX Le.13.4, al. III far-seeing, αἴσθησις, ψυχή, Hp.Ep.17,22 (Comp.). Adv. -γῶς, τηλαυγέστερον ὁρᾶν to see more clearly, D.S.1.50, cf. Str.17.1.30, Ph.1.540, Ev.Marc.8.25.--Poet. word, used in late Prose: δηλαυγῶς seems to be a different word.
