"telephonium" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [teː.ɫɛˈpʰoː.ni.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [te.leˈfɔː.ni.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”) + -ium. Etymology templates: {{affix|la|grc:τῆλε<t:afar>|grc:φωνή<t:voice, sound>|-ium}} Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”) + -ium Head templates: {{la-noun|tēlephōnium<2.-ium>}} tēlephōnium n (genitive tēlephōniī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tēlephōnium<2.-ium>}} Forms: tēlephōnium [canonical, neuter], tēlephōniī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tēlephōnium [nominative, singular], tēlephōnia [nominative, plural], tēlephōniī [genitive, singular], tēlephōniōrum [genitive, plural], tēlephōniō [dative, singular], tēlephōniīs [dative, plural], tēlephōnium [accusative, singular], tēlephōnia [accusative, plural], tēlephōniō [ablative, singular], tēlephōniīs [ablative, plural], tēlephōnium [singular, vocative], tēlephōnia [plural, vocative]
  1. alternative form of tēlephōnum Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-2 Alternative form of: tēlephōnum
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          "ref": "1906, Acta Sanctae Sedis, Vol. XXXIX, Vatican, page 379:",
          "text": "De matrimonio per procuratorem, nuncium, interpretem, litteras, telegraphum et telephonium.",
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