Τηλέμαχος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τηλέμᾰχος (tēlémakhos, “fighting from afar”), from τῆλε (têle, “far”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) + -ος (-os, masculine nominal ending).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛː.lé.ma.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te̝ˈle.ma.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tiˈle.ma.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tiˈle.ma.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈle.ma.xos/
Proper noun
Τηλέμᾰχος • (Tēlémakhos) m (genitive Τηλεμᾰ́χου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Telemachus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Τηλέμᾰχος ho Tēlémakhos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τηλεμᾰ́χου toû Tēlemákhou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τηλεμᾰ́χῳ tôi Tēlemákhōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Τηλέμᾰχον tòn Tēlémakhon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τηλέμᾰχε Tēlémakhe | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | Τηλέμᾰχος Tēlémakhos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Τηλεμᾰ́χου / Τηλεμᾰχοῖο / Τηλεμᾰ́χοιο / Τηλεμᾰχόο / Τηλεμᾰ́χοο Tēlemákhou / Tēlemakhoîo / Tēlemákhoio / Tēlemakhóo / Tēlemákhoo | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Τηλεμᾰ́χῳ Tēlemákhōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Τηλέμᾰχον Tēlémakhon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τηλέμᾰχε Tēlémakhe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Τηλέμαχος (Tilémachos)
- Italian: Telemaco
- Latin: Tēlemachus
- English: Telemachus
References
- “Τηλέμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Τηλέμαχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Τηλέμαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026