Delos

See also: dēlos

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).

Proper noun

Delos

1. An island in the Cyclades, Greece.
   • 2010, Lewis Richard Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States, page 108:

     We may also conclude that as it was the Ionic γένη of the Attic tetrapolis who in the main achieved the Ionization of Athens, so it was a branch of this same stock that settled at Delos […]

Related terms

• Delian

Translations

island

• Catalan: Delos f
• French: ^{(please verify)} Délos (fr) ?
• Greek: Δήλος (el) f (Dílos)

  Ancient Greek: Δῆλος f (Dêlos)

• Italian: Delo f
• Latin: Dēlos f

Further reading

• Delos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Delos

1. plural of Delo

Anagrams

• Deols, Doles, Ledos, Lodes, OLEDs, doles, dosel, lodes, losed, soled

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dēlus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).

Proper noun

Dēlos f sg (genitive Dēlī); second declension

1. Delos

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dēlos
Genitive	Dēlī
Dative	Dēlō
Accusative	Dēlon
Ablative	Dēlō
Vocative	Dēle

Synonyms

• Cynthia

Descendants

• → English: Delos
• → French: Délos
• Italian: Delo

References

• “Delos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Delos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Delos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly