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τελαμών

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τελαμών τελαμῶνος

Structure: τελαμων (Stem)

Etym.: from Root TLA, Tla/w, whence also the hero Telamon took his name, cf. A)/tlas

Sense

  1. a broad strap for bearing
  2. a leathern strap or belt
  3. a broad linen bandage

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἶδεσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλο τι ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ χαλκοῦν περιφερέσ, ἀσπίδι μικρᾷ ἐοικὸσ ὄχανον οὐκ ἐχούσῃ οὐδὲ τελαμῶνασ, καὶ ἐπειράθησ γε αὐτοῦ κειμένου ἐν τῷ μέσῳ καὶ ἐδόκει σοι βαρὺ καὶ δύσληπτον ὑπὸ λειότητοσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 27:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀμφὶ τραύματ’ ἄγρια τελαμῶνασ βαλεῖν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, iambic 3:39)
  • δισσῶν ἔσ τε πυρὴν καὶ ἄλφιτα καὶ τελαμῶνασ, εἰκαίην δοιῶν σῶμα χάριν λαβέτω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 123 3:1)
  • ἐξεπήδων γὰρ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν γυναῖκέσ τε καὶ παρθένοι τὸ πάθοσ ἀποδυρόμεναι, αἱ μὲν ἄνθη καὶ στεφάνουσ βάλλουσαι κατὰ τῆσ κλίνησ, αἱ δὲ τελαμῶνασ ἢ μίτρασ, αἱ δὲ ἀθύρματα παρθενικά, καί που τινὲσ καὶ πλοκάμων ἀποκειράμεναι βοστρύχουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 39 9:1)
  • καὶ ῥ’ ὁ μὲν οὓσ κλέπτεσκεν ἀπ’ ἐνταφίων τελαμῶνασ εἰσ ἐπιδεσμεύειν πέμπε φίλῳ Κρατέᾳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1252)

Synonyms

  1. a broad strap for bearing

  2. a leathern strap or belt

  3. a broad linen bandage

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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