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/, [teː.ɫɛsˈkɔ.pi.ũ]

Noun

tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) a telescope

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tēlescopium tēlescopia
genitive tēlescopiī tēlescopiōrum
dative tēlescopiō tēlescopiīs
accusative tēlescopium tēlescopia
ablative tēlescopiō tēlescopiīs
vocative tēlescopium tēlescopia
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