Apollo

See also: apollo and Apol·lo

English

Apollo (1) and Artemis

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɒləʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒləʊ

Etymology 1

From Latin Apollo, 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.
  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.
  5. (with "the") Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
  6. The butterfly 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
Derived terms
  • (NASA, space): pre-Apollo, post-Apollo
Translations

Etymology 2

From the object 1862 Apollo.

Noun

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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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔllo

Proper noun

Apollo m

  1. (Greek mythology) Apollo

Derived terms


Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpol.lo/, [aˈpɔl.lɔ]

Proper noun

Apollo m (genitive Apollinis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Apollo

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

Proper noun

Apollo

  1. Alternative form of Appolyn

References


Portuguese

Proper noun

Apollo f

  1. Apollo (American three-man spacecraft)

Proper noun

Apollo m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Apolo
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