Telamon

See also: telamon and telamón

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τελαμών (Telamṓn, literally “the bearer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛləmən/

Proper noun

Telamon

1. (Greek mythology) Father of Ajax, brother of Peleus.

Further reading

• Telamon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Almonte, Lamonte, lomenta, omental

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Τελαμών (Telamṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la.moːn/, [ˈt̪ɛɫ̪ämoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la.mon/, [ˈt̪ɛːlämon]

Proper noun

Telamōn m sg (genitive Telamōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Telamon, father of Ajax

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Telamōn
Genitive	Telamōnis
Dative	Telamōnī
Accusative	Telamōnem
Ablative	Telamōne
Vocative	Telamōn

Derived terms

• Telamōnius

Etymology 2

Possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la.moːn/, [ˈt̪ɛɫ̪ämoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la.mon/, [ˈt̪ɛːlämon]

Proper noun

Telamōn m sg (genitive Telamōnis); third declension

1. A city in Etruria, near the mouth of the river Umbro, now Talamone

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Telamōn
Genitive	Telamōnis
Dative	Telamōnī
Accusative	Telamōnem
Ablative	Telamōne
Vocative	Telamōn
Locative	Telamōnī Telamōne

References

• “Telamon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Telamo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Telamon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly