Τιθωνός
Τιθωνός, Tithonus
Τῑθωνός, 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, ὑπὲρ τὸν Τ. ζῆν Luc. DMort. 17[7].1.
Τιθωνός, οῦ (ὁ) [ῑ]
1 Tithônos, fils de Laomédon, époux d’Eôs, père de Memnon, et à qui Zeus avait accordé de prolonger sa vieillesse, Il. 11, 1 ; Od. 5, 1 ; Hh. 4, 218, etc. ||
2 p. ext. un Tithônos, c. à d. un vieillard très âgé, Ar. Ach. 688 ; Luc. D. mort. 7, 1.
Étym. pré-grec.
Τιθωνός
- (ἀγαυός).
- Son of Laomedon.
- Husband of Eos and father of Memnon Il. 11.1, Il. 20.237: Od. 5.1.
Τιθωνός : Tithōnus, a son of Laomedon, carried off by the goddess Eos, to be her spouse, Il. 20.237, Il. 11.1, Od. 5.1.
Τιθωνός
Τῑθωνός, οῦ, ὁ,
- Tithonus, brother of Priam, husband of Eos (Aurora), and father of Memnon, Hom.:—metaph. of a decrepit old man, because Aurora begged Zeus to grant immortality to Tithonus, but forgot to ask for eternal youth, Ar.; ὑπὲρ τὸν Τιθωνὸν ζῆν Luc.