Τιθωνός
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
1 Tithônos, fils de Laomédon, à qui Zeus avait accordé de prolonger sa vieillesse;
2 p. ext. un Tithônos, càd un vieillard très âgé.
English (Autenrieth)
Tithōnus, a son of Laomedon, carried off by the goddess Eos, to be her spouse, Il. 20.237, Il. 11.1, Od. 5.1.
