Τηλέπυλος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τῆλε (têle, “far off, far away”) + πύλη (púlē, “wing of gates”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛː.lé.py.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te̝ˈle.py.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tiˈle.py.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tiˈle.py.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈle.pi.los/
Proper noun
Τηλέπῠλος • (Tēlépŭlos) f (genitive Τηλεπῠ́λου); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Telepylus, a town of the Laestrygonians
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Τηλέπῠλος ho Tēlépŭlos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τηλεπῠ́λου toû Tēlepŭ́lou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τηλεπῠ́λῳ tôi Tēlepŭ́lōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Τηλέπῠλον tòn Tēlépŭlon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τηλέπῠλε Tēlépŭle | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: Tēlepylus
References
- “Τηλέπυλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers