noun
tĕlămo
Meaning
- a male figure that supports an entablature
tĕlămo or tĕlămon, ōnis, m., = τελαμών (a bearer, supporter); in architecture,
Tĕlămo or Tĕlămon, ōnis, m., = Τελαμών,
I. an Argonaut, son of Æacus, brother of Peleus, and father of Ajax and Teucer, Hyg. Fab. 14; 89; 97; Val. Fl. 1, 354; Ov. M. 7, 476 sq.; 11, 216 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 79; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; 3, 18, 43; 3, 24, 58; 3, 29, 71; id. de Or. 2, 46, 193:
Ajax Telamone natus, Hor. C. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, A. Tĕlămōnĭus, ii, m., son of Telamon, the Telamonian, for Ajax, Ov. M. 13, 194; id. Tr. 2, 525; id. A. A. 2, 737.—