Apollo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɒləʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒləʊ
Etymology 1
From Latin Apollo, 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.
- (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.
- (with "the") Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
- The butterfly 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
- (astronomy): Hermes
Derived terms
- (NASA, space): pre-Apollo, post-Apollo
Translations
the son of Zeus
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a very handsome young man
a three-man spacecraft
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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Italian
Etymology
From Latin Apollo, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔllo
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpol.lo/, [aˈpɔl.lɔ]
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Apollo | Apollinēs |
Genitive | Apollinis | Apollinum |
Dative | Apollinī | Apollinibus |
Accusative | Apollinem | Apollinēs |
Ablative | Apolline | Apollinibus |
Vocative | Apollo | Apollinēs |
Derived terms
- Apollināris
- Apollineus
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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English
References
- “Ap(p)ollin (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 June 2018.
Portuguese
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