Delos
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See also: dēlos
English
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).
Proper noun
Delos
- 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
Translations
island
Further reading
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Delos
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).
Proper noun
Dēlos f sg (genitive Dēlī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Dēlos |
| Genitive | Dēlī |
| Dative | Dēlō |
| Accusative | Dēlon |
| Ablative | Dēlō |
| Vocative | Dēle |
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Descendants
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