Telemachus
//təˈlɛməkəs// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The son of Odysseus and Penelope. Greek
"This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle—"
- 2 Ellipsis of Saint Telemachus, a 4th century Christian martyr and saint. Ancient-Rome, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Example
More examples"“Fear not, nurse,” answered Telemachus, “my scheme is not without heaven’s sanction; but swear that you will say nothing about all this to my mother, till I have been away some ten or twelve days, unless she hears of my having gone, and asks you; for I do not want her to spoil her beauty by crying.”"
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Telemachus, from Ancient Greek Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos).
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