Apollo

See also apollo, apol·lo, and Apol·lo

English

Apollo (1) and Artemis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈpɒləʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɒləʊ

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apollōn).

Proper noun

Apollo

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology): The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.
2. (astronomy) The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
3. A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
4. (with “the”) Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
5. A butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings).
6. A very handsome young man.
7. A male given name.
8. A placename.

Antonyms

• (astronomy) Hermes

Related terms

• variants: Apollon, Apolo, Apollos

Translations

the son of Zeus

• Arabic: أبولو (ar) ('abullu) m
• Armenian: Ապոլոն (hy) (Apolon)
• Catalan: Apol·lo (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏉᎳ (chr) (Aquola)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿波羅 (cmn), 阿波罗 (cmn) (Ābōluó)

• Dutch: Apollo (nl)
• French: Apollon (fr) m
• German: Apollon (de), Apoll (de)
• Greek: Απόλλων (el) (Apóllon) m

  Ancient Greek: Ἀπόλλων (Apollōn) m

• Hungarian: Apollón (hu)
• Italian: Apollo (it) m
• Japanese: アポロン (ja) (Aporon)
• Khmer: អាប៉ូឡូ (km) (ar po lo)
• Korean: 아폴론 (ko) (Apollon)
• Marathi: अपोलो (mr) (apolo) m
• Portuguese: Apolo (pt) m
• Russian: Аполлон (ru) (Apollón) m
• Spanish: Apolo (es) m
• Swahili: Apolo (sw)
• Zulu: u-Apholo (zu)

a very handsome young man

• Catalan: apol·lo (ca) m
• French: apollon (fr) m
• Italian: apollo (it) m

• Portuguese: apolo (pt) m
• Russian: Аполлон (ru) (Apollón) m, аполлон (ru) (apollón) m, красавец (ru) (krasávec) m

a three-man spacecraft

• Catalan: Apol·lo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿波羅 (cmn), 阿波罗 (cmn) (Ābōluó)

• French: Apollo (fr)
• Hungarian: Apollo (hu)

• Japanese: アポロ (ja) (Aporo)
• Korean: 아폴로 (ko) (Apollo)
• Portuguese: Apollo (pt) f
• Russian: Аполлон (ru) (Apollón) m

a town in Pennsylvania

• French: Apollo (fr)

• Marathi: अपोलो (mr) (apolo) n

butterfly

• Catalan: apol·lo (ca) m
• French: apollon (fr) m

• Portuguese: apolo (pt) m
• Russian: аполлон (ru) (apollón) m

Etymology 2

From the object 1862 Apollo.

Noun

Wikipedia Apollo (plural Apollos)

1. (astronomy) An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU.

Translations

asteroid type

• Ancient Greek: Άπόλλων (Apóllon) m
• Arabic: أبُولّو (’abóllu) m
• Catalan: Apol·lo (ca) m
• French: Apollon (fr) m
• Greek: Απόλλων (el) (Apóllon) m
• Italian: Apollo (it) m

• Japanese: アポロ (Aporo)
• Latin: Apollo (-inis) m
• Portuguese: Apolo (pt) m
• Russian: Аполлон (ru) (Apollón) m
• Spanish: Apolo (es) m

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• Latin: Apollo (-inis) m

See also

• Apollo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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Italian

Proper noun

Apollo m

1. Apollo

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Latin

Proper noun

Apollo (genitive Apollinis); m, third declension

1. Apollo

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Apollo	Apollinēs
genitive	Apollinis	Apollinum
dative	Apollinī	Apollinibus
accusative	Apollinem	Apollinēs
ablative	Apolline	Apollinibus
vocative	Apollo	Apollinēs

Derived terms

• Apollināris
• Apollineus

Proper noun

Apollo (genitive Apollōnis); m, third declension

1. Apollo

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Apollo	Apollōnēs
genitive	Apollōnis	Apollōnum
dative	Apollōnī	Apollōnibus
accusative	Apollōnem	Apollōnēs
ablative	Apollōne	Apollōnibus
vocative	Apollo	Apollōnēs