Atlantis
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís), from Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Atlas”), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Atlantis
- A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1880, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Dedication to G. W. G.”, in Ultima Thule:
- How far, since then, the ocean streams / Have swept us from that land of dreams, / That land of fiction and of truth, / The lost Atlantis of our youth!
- 1918, Arthur Conan Doyle, The New Revelation:
- I might have drifted on for my whole life as a psychical Researcher, showing a sympathetic, but more or less dilettante attitude towards the whole subject, as if we were arguing about some impersonal thing such as the existence of Atlantis or the Baconian controversy.
Derived terms
Translations
mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
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German
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Proper noun
Atlantis n or f (plural Atlantis)
Related terms
- atlantisch
- Atlanter m, also Atlantier m
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ātlantis f (genitive Ātlantidis); third declension
- of or pertaining to Mount Atlas
- Atlantis, the island in the Atlantic
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Ātlantis | Ātlantidēs |
| Genitive | Ātlantidis | Ātlantidum |
| Dative | Ātlantidī | Ātlantidibus |
| Accusative | Ātlantidem | Ātlantidēs |
| Ablative | Ātlantide | Ātlantidibus |
| Vocative | Ātlantis | Ātlantidēs |
Proper noun
Ātlantis
References
- “Atlantis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press