"Demisiani, Giovanni"@en . . "Giovanni Demisiani"@en . . . . . "1614Z"^^ . "Greek mathematician" . "Giovanni Demisiani (Greek: \u1F38\u03C9\u03AC\u03BD\u03BD\u03B7\u03C2 \u0394\u03B7\u03BC\u03B7\u03C3\u03B9\u03AC\u03BD\u03BF\u03C2; died 1614), a Greek from Zakynthos, was a theologian, chemist, mathematician to Cardinal Gonzaga, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei. Demisiani is noted for coining the name telescope (from the Greek \u03C4\u1FC6\u03BB\u03B5, tele \"far\" and \u03C3\u03BA\u03BF\u03C0\u03B5\u1FD6\u03BD, skopein \"to look or see\") for a version of the instrument presented by Galileo Galilei to the Accademia dei Lincei at a banquet honoring Galileo\u2019s induction into the Accademia in 1611."@en . .