Τηλέπυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῆλε (têle, “far off, far away”) +‎ πύλη (púlē, “wing of gates”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.lé.py.los/ → /tiˈle.py.los/ → /tiˈle.pi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.lé.py.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈle.py.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.py.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.py.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈle.pi.los/

Proper noun

Τηλέπῠλος • (Tēlépulos) f (genitive Τηλεπῠ́λου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Telepylus, a town of the Laestrygonians

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τηλέπῠλος; τοῦ Τηλεπῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τηλέπῠλος ho Tēlépulos
Genitive	τοῦ Τηλεπῠ́λου toû Tēlepúlou
Dative	τῷ Τηλεπῠ́λῳ tôi Tēlepúlōi
Accusative	τὸν Τηλέπῠλον tòn Tēlépulon
Vocative	Τηλέπῠλε Tēlépule
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Tēlepylus

References

• “Τηλέπυλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers