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/, [t̪eːɫ̪ɛs̠ˈkɔpiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.lesˈko.pi.um/, [t̪elesˈkɔːpium]

Noun

tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī or tēlescopī); second declension

1. (New Latin) a telescope

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia
Genitive	tēlescopiī tēlescopī1	tēlescopiōrum
Dative	tēlescopiō	tēlescopiīs
Accusative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia
Ablative	tēlescopiō	tēlescopiīs
Vocative	tēlescopium	tēlescopia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).