θελεμόν

θελεμόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. However, Furnée thinks this is a Pre-Greek word, due to suffix -εμος.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θe.leˈmon/ → /θe.leˈmon/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.leˈmon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.leˈmon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.leˈmon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.leˈmon/

Adjective

θελεμόν • (thelemón)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: οἰκτρόν (oiktrón, “pitiable”), ἥσυχον (hḗsukhon, “quiet”).

Further reading

• “θελεμόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: θ