Τήλεφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῆλε (têle, “far”) +‎ φάος (pháos, “light”), literally “far-shining”.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Τήλεφος • (Tḗlephos) m (genitive Τηλέφου); second declension

  1. a male given name: Telephus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Τήλεφος; τοῦ Τηλέφου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Τήλεφος
ho Tḗlephos
Genitive τοῦ Τηλέφου
toû Tēléphou
Dative τῷ Τηλέφῳ
tôi Tēléphōi
Accusative τὸν Τήλεφον
tòn Tḗlephon
Vocative Τήλεφε
Tḗlephe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Breton: Telefos
  • Bulgarian: Телеф (Telef)
  • Dutch: Telephus
  • French: Télèphe
  • German: Telephos
  • Greek: Τήλεφος (Tílefos)
  • Italian: Telefo
  • Latin: Telephus
  • Russian: Телефос (Telefos)
  • Spanish: Télefo

Further reading
  • “Τήλεφος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
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