τηλέφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.lé.pʰi.on/ → /tiˈle.ɸi.on/ → /tiˈle.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.lé.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈle.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.fi.on/

Noun

τηλέφῐον • (tēléphion) n (genitive τηλεφῐ́ου); second declension

1. false orpine (Andrachne telephioides)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τηλέφῐον; τοῦ τηλεφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τηλέφῐον tò tēléphion	τὼ τηλεφῐ́ω tṑ tēlephíō	τᾰ̀ τηλέφῐᾰ tà tēléphia
Genitive	τοῦ τηλεφῐ́ου toû tēlephíou	τοῖν τηλεφῐ́οιν toîn tēlephíoin	τῶν τηλεφῐ́ων tôn tēlephíōn
Dative	τῷ τηλεφῐ́ῳ tôi tēlephíōi	τοῖν τηλεφῐ́οιν toîn tēlephíoin	τοῖς τηλεφῐ́οις toîs tēlephíois
Accusative	τὸ τηλέφῐον tò tēléphion	τὼ τηλεφῐ́ω tṑ tēlephíō	τᾰ̀ τηλέφῐᾰ tà tēléphia
Vocative	τηλέφῐον tēléphion	τηλεφῐ́ω tēlephíō	τηλέφῐᾰ tēléphia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Italian: telefio
• → Translingual: Telephium

Further reading

• “τηλέφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τηλέφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette