Τηλέμαχος

See also: τηλέμαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τηλέμᾰχος (tēlémakhos, “fighting from afar”), from τῆλε (têle, “far”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) +‎ -ος (-os, masculine nominal ending).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.lé.ma.kʰos/ → /tiˈle.ma.xos/ → /tiˈle.ma.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.lé.ma.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈle.ma.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.ma.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.ma.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.ma.xos/

Proper noun

Τηλέμᾰχος • (Tēlémakhos) m (genitive Τηλεμᾰ́χου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Telemachus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τηλέμᾰχος; τοῦ Τηλεμᾰ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τηλέμᾰχος ho Tēlémakhos
Genitive	τοῦ Τηλεμᾰ́χου toû Tēlemákhou
Dative	τῷ Τηλεμᾰ́χῳ tôi Tēlemákhōi
Accusative	τὸν Τηλέμᾰχον tòn Tēlémakhon
Vocative	Τηλέμᾰχε Tēlémakhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of Τηλέμᾰχος; Τηλεμᾰ́χου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Τηλέμᾰχος Tēlémakhos
Genitive	Τηλεμᾰ́χου / Τηλεμᾰχοῖο / Τηλεμᾰ́χοιο / Τηλεμᾰχόο / Τηλεμᾰ́χοο Tēlemákhou / Tēlemakhoîo / Tēlemákhoio / Tēlemakhóo / Tēlemákhoo
Dative	Τηλεμᾰ́χῳ Tēlemákhōi
Accusative	Τηλέμᾰχον Tēlémakhon
Vocative	Τηλέμᾰχε Tēlémakhe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026