τηλοῦ
σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → all life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains | the world's a stage, and life's a toy: dress up and play your part; put every serious thought away—or risk a broken heart | Life's a performance. Either join in lightheartedly, or thole the pain. | this life a theatre we well may call, where every actor must perform with art, or laugh it through, and make a farce of all, or learn to bear with grace his tragic part
English (LSJ)
Adv.
A afar, far away, in a far country, Hom., Hes., and later Ep.; τηλοῦ ἐπ' Ἀλφειῷ Il.11.712; τ. τῶν ἀγρῶν in a far-away corner of the country, Ar.Nu.138. b of Time, long ago, of old, οὐ γάρ σε . . ἀρχεύοντα νέον γεινώσκομεν ἀλλ' ἔτι τ. Epic.Oxy.1015.13; ἐξέτι τ. since olden times, IG5(2).173.1 (Tegea, iv B.C.); so perh. Ὀδυσῆΐ γε τ. ἀπώλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ Od.17.253: c. fut., οὐδέ τι τ. ὄψεαι Opp.H.2.495. 2 c. gen., mostly, far from, Od.13.249, 23.68 (also τηλοῦ ἀπὸ . . Hes.Th.302); rare in Trag., τ. σέθεν, far from thee, E.Cyc.689. (Opp. ἀγχοῦ, ἄγχι. An obs. Adj. τηλός may be taken as the source whence come the Advbs. τηλοῦ, τηλοῖ, τηλόθι, τηλόθεν, τηλόσε, τηλοτέρω, τηλοτάτω, and Adj. τηλότερος; also τηλύς, whence τήλιστος: a form τῆλυ = τῆλε is recognized by A.D.Pron.54.28, and occurs in τηλύ-γετος: an Aeol. form πήλυι, cited by Priscian.Inst.1.6.37, Theognost.Can.160, is restored in Sapph.1.6, where however πήλοι, which is v.l. and is recommended by A.D.Adv.197.15, shd. perh. be read.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1107] adv., wie τῆλε, fern, weitab, in der Ferne oder Fremde; Hom. u. Hes. oft; τηλοῦ ἐπ' Ἀλφειῷ, Il. 11, 712; auch c. gen., Τροίην τηλοῦ φασιν Αχαιΐδος ἔμμεναι αἴης, Od. 13, 249, wie 23, 68; τῶν ἀγρῶν, Ar. Nubb. 139; τηλοῦ ἀπό τινος, Hes. Th. 204; sp. D. Die auch den andern Wörtern τηλόθι, τηλόθεν, τηλόσε u. dem compar. u. superl. τηλοτέρω, τηλοτάτω zu Grunde liegende Form τηλός kommt nicht mehr vor; Apoll. Dysc. nimmt τῆλυ an, das sich in τηλύγετος erhalten habe. Verwandt ist es mit τέλος, vgl. Orion p. 152, 4; Butt. Lexil. II p. 201; vielleicht auch mit telum. Andere führen es auf τείνω, τάω zurück.
