telegraphum

Calque of French télégraphe, ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [teːˈɫɛ.ɡra.pʰũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪eˈlɛː.ɡra.fum]
• (Traditional English) IPA^(key): /tɪˈlɛɡrəfəm/

tēlegraphum n (genitive tēlegraphī); second declension

1. (Contemporary Latin) telegraph
   • 1906, Acta Sanctae Sedis, Vol. XXXIX‎^[1], Vatican, page 379:

     De matrimonio per procuratorem, nuncium, interpretem, litteras, telegraphum et telephonium.

     On marriage via agent, messenger, interpreter, letters, telegraph and telephone.

Second-declension noun (neuter).