Telemachus

• Telemachos, Telemakhos

Learned borrowing from Latin Telemachus, from Ancient Greek Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos).

• IPA^(key): /təˈlɛməkəs/

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Telemachus

1. (Greek mythology) The son of Odysseus and Penelope.
   • 1833 October 20 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Ulysses”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 89:

     This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle—

2. (Ancient Rome, Christianity) Ellipsis of Saint Telemachus, a 4th century Christian martyr and saint.