English Explanatory Dictionary

telephilon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant used in Ancient Greece in divinatory rituals regarding matters of love or sex.

Word forms

telephilon

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τηλέφιλον (tēléphilon); ? from a Pre-Greek word, possibly altered to reflect τῆλε (têle, “far, afar”) + φίλον (phílon, “beloved, love”).

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