Apollo
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Apollo (1) and Artemis
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɒləʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɑloʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒləʊ
- Hyphenation: Apol‧lo
Etymology 1
From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Proper noun
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
- (antonym(s) of “astronomy”): Hermes
Derived terms
- (NASA, space): pre-Apollo, post-Apollo
Related terms
Translations
the son of Zeus
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a very handsome young man
a three-man spacecraft
butterfly
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See also
- (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus
Etymology 2
From the object 1862 Apollo.
Noun
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
asteroid type
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See also
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Apollo m
Derived terms
References
- ^ Apollo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈpol.loː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpol.lo/,
Proper noun
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
Third-declension noun (two different stems).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Apollō | Apollinēs |
| genitive | Apollinis Apollōnis |
Apollinum |
| dative | Apollinī Apollōnī |
Apollinibus |
| accusative | Apollinem Apollōnem |
Apollinēs |
| ablative | Apolline Apollōne |
Apollinibus |
| vocative | Apollō | Apollinēs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “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
- “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
Proper noun
Apollo
- Alternative form of Appolyn
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Apollo m pers
Declension
Declension of Apollo
Proper noun
Apollo m pers
- (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Apollo
Declension
Declension of Apollo
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Apollo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Apollo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Apollo f
- Apollo (American three-man spacecraft)
Proper noun
Apollo m
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Proper noun
Apollo c (genitive Apollos)