Τιμολέων

Ancient Greek

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Timoleon

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Etymology

From τῑμή (tīmḗ, “honour”) +‎ λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tiː.mo.lé.ɔːn/ → /ti.moˈle.on/ → /ti.moˈle.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tiː.mo.lé.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈle.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈle.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈle.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.moˈle.on/

Proper noun

Τῑμολέων • (Tīmoléōn) m (genitive Τῑμολέοντος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Timoleon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Τῑμολέων; τοῦ Τῑμολέοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τῑμολέων ho Tīmoléōn
Genitive	τοῦ Τῑμολέοντος toû Tīmoléontos
Dative	τῷ Τῑμολέοντῐ tōî Tīmoléontĭ
Accusative	τὸν Τῑμολέοντᾰ tòn Tīmoléontă
Vocative	Τῑμολέον Tīmoléon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Τιμολέων (Timoléon)
• → Latin: Tīmoleōn
  • → Italian: Timoleonte

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028