τέλεσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τελέω (teléō, “to pay”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.lez.ma/ → /ˈte.lez.ma/ → /ˈte.lez.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.lez.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.lez.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.lez.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.lez.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.lez.ma/

Noun

τέλεσμᾰ • (télesma) n (genitive τελέσμᾰτος); third declension

1. payment, toll, taxes
2. certificate

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τέλεσμᾰ; τοῦ τελέσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέλεσμᾰ tò télesma	τὼ τελέσμᾰτε tṑ telésmate	τᾰ̀ τελέσμᾰτᾰ tà telésmata
Genitive	τοῦ τελέσμᾰτος toû telésmatos	τοῖν τελεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn telesmátoin	τῶν τελεσμᾰ́των tôn telesmátōn
Dative	τῷ τελέσμᾰτῐ tôi telésmati	τοῖν τελεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn telesmátoin	τοῖς τελέσμᾰσῐ / τελέσμᾰσῐν toîs telésmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τέλεσμᾰ tò télesma	τὼ τελέσμᾰτε tṑ telésmate	τᾰ̀ τελέσμᾰτᾰ tà telésmata
Vocative	τέλεσμᾰ télesma	τελέσμᾰτε telésmate	τελέσμᾰτᾰ telésmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: طلسم
  • → Azerbaijani: tilsim
  • → Bashkir: тылсым (tılsım)
  • → Kazakh: тылсым (tylsym)
  • → French: talisman
    • → Catalan: talismà
    • → English: talisman
    • → Finnish: talismaani
    • → Galician: talismán
    • → Portuguese: talismã
    • → Romanian: talisman
    • → Spanish: talismán
  • → Georgian: თილისმა (tilisma)
  • → Persian: طلسم
  • → Turkish: tılsım
  • → Crimean Tatar: tılsım
  • → Uzbek: tilsim
• English: telesm

Further reading

• “τέλεσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέλεσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τέλεσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette