telescopium

See also: Telescopium

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Galileo Galilei (although he did not invent the device) as Italian telescopio, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teː.lesˈko.pi.um/, [t̪eːɫ̪ɛs̠ˈkɔpiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.lesˈko.pi.um/, [t̪elesˈkɔːpium]

Noun

tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) a telescope

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia
genitive	tēlescopiī	tēlescopiōrum
dative	tēlescopiō	tēlescopiīs
accusative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia
ablative	tēlescopiō	tēlescopiīs
vocative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia

Descendants

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: телеско́п (teleskóp)
• → Crimean Tatar: teleskop
• → Danish: teleskop
• → English: telescope, Telescopium
• → French: télescope
• → German: Teleskop
• → Greek: τηλεσκόπιο (tileskópio)
• → Hungarian: teleszkóp
• → Lithuanian: teleskopas
• → Macedonian: телескоп (teleskop)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: teleskop
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: teleskop
• → Polish: teleskop
• → Russian: телеско́п (teleskóp)
  • → Kazakh: телескоп (teleskop)
• → Serbo-Croatian: tȅleskop
• → Slovak: teleskop
• → Swedish: teleskop
• → Translingual: Telescopium
• → Turkish: teleskop
• → Ukrainian: телеско́п (teleskóp)