telescopium

See also: Telescopium

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Galileo Galilei (although he did not invent the device) as Italian telescopio, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [teː.ɫɛsˈkɔ.pi.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪e.lesˈkɔː.pi.um]

Noun

tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī); second declension

(New Latin) a telescope

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia
genitive	tēlescopiī	tēlescopiōrum
dative	tēlescopiō	tēlescopiīs
accusative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia
ablative	tēlescopiō	tēlescopiīs
vocative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia

Descendants

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: телеско́п (teleskóp)
→ Crimean Tatar: teleskop
→ Danish: teleskop
→ English: telescope, Telescopium
→ French: télescope
→ German: Teleskop
→ Greek: τηλεσκόπιο (tileskópio)
→ Hungarian: teleszkóp
→ Lithuanian: teleskopas
→ Macedonian: телескоп (teleskop)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: teleskop
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: teleskop
→ Polish: teleskop
→ Russian: телеско́п (teleskóp)
- → Kazakh: телескоп (teleskop)
→ Serbo-Croatian: tȅleskop
→ Slovak: teleskop
→ Swedish: teleskop
→ Translingual: Telescopium
→ Turkish: teleskop
→ Ukrainian: телеско́п (teleskóp)