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 • (tēléphĭon) 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 tēléphĭon	τὼ τηλεφῐ́ω tṑ tēlephĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τηλέφῐᾰ tằ tēléphĭă
Genitive	τοῦ τηλεφῐ́ου toû tēlephĭ́ou	τοῖν τηλεφῐ́οιν toîn tēlephĭ́oin	τῶν τηλεφῐ́ων tôn tēlephĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ τηλεφῐ́ῳ tôi tēlephĭ́ōi	τοῖν τηλεφῐ́οιν toîn tēlephĭ́oin	τοῖς τηλεφῐ́οις toîs tēlephĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ τηλέφῐον tò tēléphĭon	τὼ τηλεφῐ́ω tṑ tēlephĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τηλέφῐᾰ tằ tēléphĭă
Vocative	τηλέφῐον tēléphĭon	τηλεφῐ́ω tēlephĭ́ō	τηλέφῐᾰ tēléphĭă
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