τλήμων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τλᾱ́μων (tlā́mōn) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, endure”), the same root of ἔτλην (étlēn, “to suffer, undergo”), τελαμών (telamṓn, “broad strap or band”) and τάλαντον (tálanton, “measuring scale, talent”) + -μων (-mōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tlɛ̌ː.mɔːn/ → /ˈtli.mon/ → /ˈtli.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tlɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtle̝.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtli.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtli.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtli.mon/

Adjective

τλήμων • (tlḗmōn) m or f (neuter τλῆμον); third declension

1. patient, steadfast, stouthearted
2. (in bad sense) overbold, reckless
3. wretched, miserable

Inflection

Third declension of τλήμων; τλῆμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τλήμων tlḗmōn	τλῆμον tlêmon		τλήμονε tlḗmone	τλήμονε tlḗmone		τλήμονες tlḗmones	τλήμονᾰ tlḗmona
Genitive		τλήμονος tlḗmonos	τλήμονος tlḗmonos		τλημόνοιν tlēmónoin	τλημόνοιν tlēmónoin		τλημόνων tlēmónōn	τλημόνων tlēmónōn
Dative		τλήμονῐ tlḗmoni	τλήμονῐ tlḗmoni		τλημόνοιν tlēmónoin	τλημόνοιν tlēmónoin		τλήμοσῐ / τλήμοσῐν tlḗmosi(n)	τλήμοσῐ / τλήμοσῐν tlḗmosi(n)
Accusative		τλήμονᾰ tlḗmona	τλῆμον tlêmon		τλήμονε tlḗmone	τλήμονε tlḗmone		τλήμονᾰς tlḗmonas	τλήμονᾰ tlḗmona
Vocative		τλῆμον tlêmon	τλῆμον tlêmon		τλήμονε tlḗmone	τλήμονε tlḗmone		τλήμονες tlḗmones	τλήμονᾰ tlḗmona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τλημόνως tlēmónōs			τλημονέστερος tlēmonésteros			τλημονέστᾰτος tlēmonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τλημοσῠ́νη (tlēmosúnē)

References

• “τλήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τλήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τλήμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τλήμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τλήμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN