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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τῑμή (tīmḗ, “honour”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiː.mo.lé.ɔːn/ → /ti.moˈle.on/ → /ti.moˈle.on/
Proper noun
Τῑμολέων • (Tīmoléōn) m (genitive Τῑμολέοντος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Timoleon
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028