Ἀπόλλων

See also: Απόλλων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἀπείλων (Apeílōn) – Arcadocypriot
Ἀπέλλων (Apéllōn) – Doric
Ἄπλουν (Áploun) – Thessalian
Ἀπέλον (Apélon) – Pamphylian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Pre-Greek, or from an older, obsolete verb meaning "to drive away," as in evil (via Klein from Usener).[1] Socrates in Cratylus connects it, probably incorrectly, to ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi, “to destroy”), ἀπολούων (apoloúōn, “washing”), ἀπολύων (apolúōn, “delivering”), ἁπλοῦν (haploûn, “simple”), and ἀειβάλλων (aeibállōn, “always shooting”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pól.lɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpol.lon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpol.lon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpol.lon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.lon/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓πόλλων • (Apóllōn) m (genitive Ᾰ̓πόλλωνος); third declension

(Greek mythology) Apollo

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀπόλλων; τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀπόλλων ho Apóllōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος toû Apóllōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἀπόλλωνῐ tôi Apóllōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀπόλλω / Ἀπόλλωνᾰ tòn Apóllō / Apóllōna
Vocative	Ἄπολλον Ápollon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἀπολλόδοτος (Apollódotos)
Ἀπολλόδωρος (Apollódōros)
Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía)
Ἀπολλώνιον (Apollṓnion)

Descendants

→ Coptic: ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ (apollōn)
Greek: Απόλλων (Apóllon); Απόλλωνας (Apóllonas)
→ Latin: Apollo

References

Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Ἀπόλλων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Ἀπόλλων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Ἀπόλλων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἀπόλλων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
Ἀπόλλων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001

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[1] Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language