τηλεσκόπιο

Greek

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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τηλεσκόπιο (tileskópion (plural τηλεσκόπια)

  1. telescope

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ τηλεσκόπιο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

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