τηλεσκόπιο

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin telescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”) + -ιον (-ion), from τηλε- (tēle-, “far”) +‎ σκοπέω, σκοπῶ (skopéō, skopô, “to look”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.leˈsko.pi.o/
  • Hyphenation: τη‧λε‧σκό‧πι‧ο

Noun

τηλεσκόπιο • (tileskópio) n (plural τηλεσκόπια)

  1. telescope

Declension

Declension of τηλεσκόπιο
singular plural
nominative τηλεσκόπιο • τηλεσκόπια •
genitive τηλεσκοπίου •,  τηλεσκόπιου • τηλεσκοπίων •
accusative τηλεσκόπιο • τηλεσκόπια •
vocative τηλεσκόπιο • τηλεσκόπια •

References

  1. ^ τηλεσκόπιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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