Apollo

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See also: apollo and Apol·lo

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Apollo (1) and Artemis

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Etymology 1

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

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.
    • 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.
  2. (astronomy) The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
  3. (astronomy) Short for 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.
  4. (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
  5. (with "the") Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
  6. A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
  7. A very handsome young man.
  8. A male given name
  9. A placename.
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "astronomy"): Hermes
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Etymology 2

From the object 1862 Apollo.

Noun

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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.
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Etymology

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpɔl.lo/, /aˈpol.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔllo, -ollo
  • Hyphenation: A‧pòl‧lo, A‧pól‧lo

Proper noun

Apollo m

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Apollo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Apollō m (genitive Apollinis or Apollōnis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo

Declension

Third-declension noun (two different stems).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Apollō Apollinēs
Genitive Apollinis
Apollōnis 		Apollinum
Dative Apollinī
Apollōnī 		Apollinibus
Accusative Apollinem
Apollōnem 		Apollinēs
Ablative Apolline
Apollōne 		Apollinibus
Vocative Apollō Apollinēs

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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

  1. Alternative form of Appolyn

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Apollo m pers

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo (son of Zeus)

Declension

Declension of Apollo
singular
nominative Apollo
genitive Apolla/Apollina
dative Apollowi/Apollinowi
accusative Apolla/Apollina
instrumental Apollem/Apollinem
locative Apollu/Apollinie
vocative Apollu/Apollinie

Proper noun

Apollo m pers

  1. (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

  1. Apollo (American three-man spacecraft)

Proper noun

Apollo m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Apolo

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Proper noun

Apollo c (genitive Apollos)

  1. (Greek mythology) Apollo

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