telamon

[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]

/ ˈtɛl ə mən, -ˌmɒn /

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noun, plural tel·a·mo·nes

[tel-uh-moh-neez]. /ˌtɛl əˈmoʊ niz/. Architecture.

atlas (def. 5).

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Origin of telamon

1700–10; <Latin telamōn<Greek telamṓn bearer, support; identified with Telamon

Words nearby telamon

tektosilicate, tel-, Tela, telaesthesia, Tel Amarna, telamon, Telamonian Ajax, Telanaipura, Telangana, telangiectasis, Telanthropus

Other definitions for telamon (2 of 2)

Telamon

[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]

/ ˈtɛl ə mən, -ˌmɒn /

noun Classical Mythology.

an Argonaut and friend of Hercules, and the father of Ajax and Teucer.

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How to use telamon in a sentence

Down goes the heavy lance; down goes the ponderous shield, suspended by a telamon: "Ohitarge grant cume peises al col!"
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
Telamon rushed forward, but stumbled over a projecting root and fell to the ground.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
Less fortunate was Pappenheim, the Telamon of the army, the bravest soldier of Austria and the church.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
Aias, the son of Telamon, is clearly a 'doublet' of the Locrian Aias; and so forth.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick

And Telamon and the sons of Tyndarus, and Meleager the son36 of Œneus, said that they would follow him.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church

British Dictionary definitions for telamon (1 of 2)

telamon

/ (ˈtɛləmən) /

noun plural telamones (ˌtɛləˈməʊniːz) or -mons

a column in the form of a male figure, used to support an entablatureAlso called: atlas Compare caryatid

Word Origin for telamon

C18: via Latin from Greek, from tlēnai to bear

British Dictionary definitions for telamon (2 of 2)

Telamon

/ (ˈtɛləmən, -ˌmɒn) /

noun

Greek myth a king of Salamis; brother of Peleus and father of Teucer and Ajax

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