Timoleon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τιμολέων (Timoléōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tiːˈmo.le.oːn/, [t̪iːˈmɔɫ̪eoːn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈmo.le.on/, [t̪iˈmɔːleon]

Proper noun

Tīmoleōn m sg (genitive Tīmoleontis); third declension

A Corinthian general

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tīmoleōn
Genitive	Tīmoleontis
Dative	Tīmoleontī
Accusative	Tīmoleontem
Ablative	Tīmoleonte
Vocative	Tīmoleōn

Descendants

Italian: Timoleonte

References

“Timoleon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Timoleon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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