Apollo
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɒləʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɑloʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒləʊ
- Hyphenation: Apol‧lo
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Proper noun edit
Apollo
- (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.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- 'Blue are the hills that are far away,' is an owercome in the countryside, and while at first on his side it may have been but a young man's fancy, to her he was like the god Apollo descending from the skies.
- (astronomy) The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
- (astronomy) Short for 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.
- (NASA, space science) A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
- Apollo 11 landed people on the moon for the first time
- (with "the") Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
- A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
- A very handsome young man.
- A male given name
- A placename.
Antonyms edit
- (astronomy): Hermes
Derived terms edit
- (NASA, space): pre-Apollo, post-Apollo
Related terms edit
Translations edit
the son of Zeus
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a very handsome young man
a three-man spacecraft
butterfly
See also edit
- (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus
Etymology 2 edit
From the object 1862 Apollo.
Noun edit
Apollo (plural Apollos)
- (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 edit
asteroid type
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Apollo m
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Apollo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpol.loː/, [äˈpɔlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpol.lo/, [äˈpɔlːo]
Proper noun edit
Apollō m (genitive Apollinis or Apollōnis); third declension
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo
- c. 25 BCE, Ovid, Heroides, Letter 15: "Sappho Phaoni":
- Sume fidem et pharetram fies manifestus Apollo
- Take up string and quiver and you are Apollo manifest
- Sume fidem et pharetram fies manifestus Apollo
- c. 25 BCE, Ovid, Heroides, Letter 15: "Sappho Phaoni":
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (two different stems).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Apollō | Apollinēs |
Genitive | Apollinis Apollōnis |
Apollinum |
Dative | Apollinī Apollōnī |
Apollinibus |
Accusative | Apollinem Apollōnem |
Apollinēs |
Ablative | Apolline Apollōne |
Apollinibus |
Vocative | Apollō | Apollinēs |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “Apollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Apollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Apollo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Apollo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “Apollo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Apollo”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English edit
Proper noun edit
Apollo
- Alternative form of Appolyn
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Apollo m pers
Declension edit
Declension of Apollo
Proper noun edit
Apollo m pers
- (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Apollo
Declension edit
Declension of Apollo
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Apollo | Apollowie |
genitive | Apolla/Apollona | Apollów/Apollonów |
dative | Apollowi/Apollonowi | Apollom/Apollonom |
accusative | Apolla/Apollona | Apollów/Apollonów |
instrumental | Apollem/Apollonem | Apollami/Apollonami |
locative | Apollu/Apollonie | Apollach/Apollonach |
vocative | Apollu/Apollonie | Apollowie |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Apollo f
- Apollo (American three-man spacecraft)
Proper noun edit
Apollo m
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Proper noun edit
Apollo c (genitive Apollos)