LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

tēlescopium

tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī)
Classical[teː.ɫɛˈskɔ.pi.ũː]Ecclesiastical[te.leˈskɔː.pi.um]

Meaning

  1. New Latintelescope

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetēlescopiumtēlescopia
genitivetēlescopiītēlescopiōrum
dativetēlescopiōtēlescopiīs
accusativetēlescopiumtēlescopia
ablativetēlescopiōtēlescopiīs
vocativetēlescopiumtēlescopia

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. Italian tèle- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. Latin -scopiumder. Italian -scòpio ▲ Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos)influ. Italian tèlescòpiobor. Latin tēlescopium Coined by Italian polymath Galileo Galilei in 1611 (although he did not invent the device) as Italian tèlescòpio, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”).

Descendants
  • Englishtelescope
  • EnglishTelescopium
  • Frenchtélescope
  • GermanTeleskop
  • Bulgarianтелеско́п
  • Crimean Tatarteleskop
  • Danishteleskop
  • Greekτηλεσκόπιο
  • Hungarianteleszkóp
  • Lithuanianteleskopas

In English words that came into English from tēlescopium

  • telescopetēlescopium

Quick answers

What does tēlescopium mean in Latin?
tēlescopium, a noun, means “telescope”.
What is the genitive of tēlescopium?
The genitive singular is tēlescopiī. tēlescopium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce tēlescopium?
In classical Latin, [teː.ɫɛˈskɔ.pi.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [te.leˈskɔː.pi.um].