τηλαυγής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῆλε (têle, “afar”) +‎ αὐγή (augḗ, “light”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.lau̯.ɡɛ̌ːs/ → /ti.laβˈʝis/ → /ti.lavˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.lau̯.ɡɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝.lawˈɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.laβˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.lavˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.lavˈʝis/

Adjective

τηλαυγής • (tēlaugḗs) m or f (neuter τηλαυγές); third declension

1. far-shining, far-beaming
2. (of distant objects) far-seen, conspicuous
3. far-seeing

Declension

Third declension of τηλαυγής; τηλαυγές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τηλαυγής tēlaugḗs	τηλαυγές tēlaugés		τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî	τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî		τηλαυγεῖς tēlaugeîs	τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê
Genitive		τηλαυγοῦς tēlaugoûs	τηλαυγοῦς tēlaugoûs		τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn	τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn		τηλαυγῶν tēlaugôn	τηλαυγῶν tēlaugôn
Dative		τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî	τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî		τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn	τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn		τηλαυγέσῐ / τηλαυγέσῐν tēlaugési(n)	τηλαυγέσῐ / τηλαυγέσῐν tēlaugési(n)
Accusative		τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê	τηλαυγές tēlaugés		τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî	τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî		τηλαυγεῖς tēlaugeîs	τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê
Vocative		τηλαυγές tēlaugés	τηλαυγές tēlaugés		τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî	τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî		τηλαυγεῖς tēlaugeîs	τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τηλαυγῶς tēlaugôs			τηλαυγέστερος tēlaugésteros			τηλαυγέστᾰτος tēlaugéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τηλαυγείᾱ (tēlaugeíā)
• τηλαύγημᾰ (tēlaúgēma)
• τηλαύγησῐς (tēlaúgēsis)

 

Further reading

• “τηλαυγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τηλαυγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τηλαυγής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette