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, càd. un vieillard très âgé, AR. Ach. 688 ; LUC. D. mort. 7, 1.

Étym. pré-grec.

s. LGPN

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. 7.1.