Τήλεφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̌ː.le.pʰos/ → /ˈti.le.ɸos/ → /ˈti.le.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛ̌ː.le.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte̝.le.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le.fos/

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026