τηλεσκόπος
See also: τηλέσκοπος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom τῆλε (têle, “far”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout”). Doublet of τηλέσκοπος (tēléskopos, “seen from afar, conspicuous”) with different accentuation and passive meaning.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛː.les.kó.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te̝.lesˈko.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ti.lesˈko.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ti.lesˈko.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ti.lesˈko.pos/
Adjective
editτηλεσκόπος • (tēleskópos) m or f (neuter τηλεσκόπον); second declension
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τηλεσκόπος tēleskópos |
τηλεσκόπον tēleskópon |
τηλεσκόπω tēleskópō |
τηλεσκόπω tēleskópō |
τηλεσκόποι tēleskópoi |
τηλεσκόπᾰ tēleskópa | ||||||||
Genitive | τηλεσκόπου tēleskópou |
τηλεσκόπου tēleskópou |
τηλεσκόποιν tēleskópoin |
τηλεσκόποιν tēleskópoin |
τηλεσκόπων tēleskópōn |
τηλεσκόπων tēleskópōn | ||||||||
Dative | τηλεσκόπῳ tēleskópōi |
τηλεσκόπῳ tēleskópōi |
τηλεσκόποιν tēleskópoin |
τηλεσκόποιν tēleskópoin |
τηλεσκόποις tēleskópois |
τηλεσκόποις tēleskópois | ||||||||
Accusative | τηλεσκόπον tēleskópon |
τηλεσκόπον tēleskópon |
τηλεσκόπω tēleskópō |
τηλεσκόπω tēleskópō |
τηλεσκόπους tēleskópous |
τηλεσκόπᾰ tēleskópa | ||||||||
Vocative | τηλεσκόπε tēleskópe |
τηλεσκόπον tēleskópon |
τηλεσκόπω tēleskópō |
τηλεσκόπω tēleskópō |
τηλεσκόποι tēleskópoi |
τηλεσκόπᾰ tēleskópa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τηλεσκόπως tēleskópōs |
τηλεσκοπώτερος tēleskopṓteros |
τηλεσκοπώτᾰτος tēleskopṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Dutch: verrekijker (calque)
- →⇒ Italian: telescopio
- New Latin: tēlescopium (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
edit- τηλεσκόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “τηλεσκόπος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “τηλεσκόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speḱ-
- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek doublets
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms