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): [te.lesˈkɔː.pi.um] === Noun === tēlescopium n (genitive tēlescopiī); second declension (New Latin) a telescope ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ====