τηλαυγής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + αὐγή (augḗ, “light”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛː.lau̯.ɡɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te̝.lawˈɡe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ti.laβˈʝis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ti.lavˈʝis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ti.lavˈʝis/
Adjective
τηλαυγής • (tēlaugḗs) m or f (neuter τηλαυγές); third declension
- far-shining, far-beaming
- (of distant objects) far-seen, conspicuous
- far-seeing
Declension
Third declension of τηλαυγής; τηλαυγές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τηλαυγής tēlaugḗs | τηλαυγές tēlaugés | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγεῖς tēlaugeîs | τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê | ||||||||
Genitive | τηλαυγοῦς tēlaugoûs | τηλαυγοῦς tēlaugoûs | τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn | τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn | τηλαυγῶν tēlaugôn | τηλαυγῶν tēlaugôn | ||||||||
Dative | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn | τηλαυγοῖν tēlaugoîn | τηλαυγέσῐ / τηλαυγέσῐν tēlaugési(n) | τηλαυγέσῐ / τηλαυγέσῐν tēlaugési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê | τηλαυγές tēlaugés | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγεῖς tēlaugeîs | τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê | ||||||||
Vocative | τηλαυγές tēlaugés | τηλαυγές tēlaugés | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγεῖ tēlaugeî | τηλαυγεῖς tēlaugeîs | τηλαυγῆ tēlaugê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τηλαυγῶς tēlaugôs | τηλαυγέστερος tēlaugésteros | τηλαυγέστᾰτος tēlaugéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τηλαύγειᾱ (tēlaúgeiā)
- τηλαύγημᾰ (tēlaúgēma)
- τηλαύγησῐς (tēlaúgēsis)
Further reading
- “τηλαυγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τηλαυγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τηλαυγής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette