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Telamo2

Telamo2 · m

a male figure that supports an entablature

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Where it lives

Argonautica 9 · 2.42/10k
Metamorphoses 12 · 1.55/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 5 · 0.88/10k
Epistulae 2 · 0.78/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. tĕlămo — Lewis & Short

tĕlămo or tĕlămon, ōnis, m., = telamw/n (a bearer, supporter); in architecture,

I a male figure that supports an entablature; in the plur.: telamones, Vitr. 6, 10 fin.

2. Tĕlămo — Lewis & Short

Tĕlămo or Tĕlămon, ōnis, m., = *telamw/n,

I an Argonaut, son of Æacus, brother of Peleus, and father of Ajax and Teucer, Hyg. Fab. 14; 89; 97; Val. Fl. 1, 354; Ov. M. 7, 476 sq.; 11, 216 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 79; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; 3, 18, 43; 3, 24, 58; 3, 29, 71; id. de Or. 2, 46, 193: Ajax Telamone natus, Hor. C. 2, 4, 5.—Hence,

A Tĕlămōnĭus, ii, m., son of Telamon, the Telamonian, for Ajax, Ov. M. 13, 194; id. Tr. 2, 525; id. A. A. 2, 737.—

B Tĕlămō-nĭădes, ae, m., the offspring of Telamon, i. e. Ajax, Ov. M. 13, 231.

In the wild

Telamonque Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.476
Telamon Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.378
Telamone Ovid, Epistulae 3.27
Telamone Statius, Achilleis 1.501
Telamo Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes index.1.p499
Telamon Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.384

6 of 40 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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