telescopium

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Latin

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 telescopium on Latin Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) a telescope

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tēlescopium tēlescopia
Genitive tēlescopiī tēlescopiōrum
Dative tēlescopiō tēlescopiīs
Accusative tēlescopium tēlescopia
Ablative tēlescopiō tēlescopiīs
Vocative tēlescopium tēlescopia

Descendants

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