Timon

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Timon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lacertidae – certain lizards.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Lacertidae – family; Lacertinae - subfamily

• (genus): Timon lepidus (ocellated lizard), Timon pater, Timon princeps (siirt lizard, Zagrosian lizard), Timon tangitanus (Moroccan eyed lizard) (species)

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From the Ancient Greek Τῑ́μων (Tī́mōn).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tīʹmən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪmən/

Timon

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
   • c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Great Timon, noble, worthy, royal Timon! / Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise, / The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 6:5:

     And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

• Minot, Minto

Timon

1. a male given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Timon