telescopium

See also: Telescopium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /teː.lesˈko.pi.um/, [t̪eːɫ̪ɛs̠ˈkɔpiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te.lesˈko.pi.um/, [t̪elesˈkɔːpium]

Noun

tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī or tēlescopī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) a telescope

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tēlescopium tēlescopia
Genitive tēlescopiī
tēlescopī1		 tēlescopiōrum
Dative tēlescopiō tēlescopiīs
Accusative tēlescopium tēlescopia
Ablative tēlescopiō tēlescopiīs
Vocative tēlescopium tēlescopia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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