LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Tēlĕphus

Meaning

  1. A king of Mysia

Tēlĕphus (-os), i, m., = Τήλεφος.
I. A king of Mysia, son of Hercules and the nymph Auge. He was wounded before Troy by the spear of Achilles, but was afterwards oured by its rust, Ov. M. 12, 112; 13, 171; id. Tr. 5, 2, 15; Hor. A. P. 96; 140; id. Epod. 17, 8; Hyg. Fab. 101; Plin. 34, 15, 45, § 152; 25, 5, 19, § 42.—
II. A contemporary and friend of Horace, Hor. C. 3, 19, 26; 1, 13, 1; 4, 11, 21.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyTelephusTelephus (Τήλεφος), a son of Heracles and Auge, the daughter of king Aleus of Tegea. He was reared by a hind (ἔλαφος), and educated by king Corythus i…

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What does Tēlĕphus mean in Latin?
Tēlĕphus, a proper noun, means “A king of Mysia”.