τηλεσκόπος

See also: τηλέσκοπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῆλε (têle, “far”) +‎ σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout”). Doublet of τηλέσκοπος (tēléskopos, “seen from afar, conspicuous”) with different accentuation and passive meaning.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.les.kó.pos/ → /ti.lesˈko.pos/ → /ti.lesˈko.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.les.kó.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝.lesˈko.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.lesˈko.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.lesˈko.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.lesˈko.pos/

Adjective

τηλεσκόπος • (tēleskópos) m or f (neuter τηλεσκόπον); second declension

1. farseeing

Declension

Second declension of τηλεσκόπος; τηλεσκόπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Dutch: verrekijker (calque)
• →⇒ Italian: telescopio
  • New Latin: tēlescopium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• τηλεσκόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τηλεσκόπος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “τηλεσκόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press