Telesilla

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τελέσιλλα (Telésilla).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /te.leˈsil.la/, [t̪ɛɫ̪ɛˈs̠ɪlːʲä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.leˈsil.la/, [t̪eleˈs̬ilːä]

Proper noun

Telesilla f sg (genitive Telesillae); first declension

1. A lyric poetess of Argos

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Telesilla
genitive	Telesillae
dative	Telesillae
accusative	Telesillam
ablative	Telesillā
vocative	Telesilla

References

• “Telesilla”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray