Timoleon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τιμολέων (Timoléōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tiːˈmo.le.oːn/, [t̪iːˈmɔɫ̪eoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈmo.le.on/, [t̪iˈmɔːleon]

Proper noun

Tīmoleōn m sg (genitive Tīmoleontis); third declension

1. A Corinthian general

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tīmoleōn
Genitive	Tīmoleontis
Dative	Tīmoleontī
Accusative	Tīmoleontem
Ablative	Tīmoleonte
Vocative	Tīmoleōn

Descendants

• Italian: Timoleonte

References

• “Timoleon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Timoleon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.