Τελμησσός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tel.mɛːs.sós/ → /tel.misˈsos/ → /tel.miˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tel.mɛːs.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tel.me̝sˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tel.misˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tel.misˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tel.miˈsos/

Proper noun

Τελμησσός • (Telmēssós) f (genitive Τελμησσοῦ); second declension

1. The largest city of Lydia
2. A city in Caria

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Τελμησσός; τῆς Τελμησσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τελμησσός hē Telmēssós
Genitive	τῆς Τελμησσοῦ tês Telmēssoû
Dative	τῇ Τελμησσῷ têi Telmēssôi
Accusative	τὴν Τελμησσόν tḕn Telmēssón
Vocative	Τελμησσέ Telmēssé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τελμησσεύς (Telmēsseús)

Descendants

• Latin: Telmessus

References

• Τελμησσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette