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Apollo
A-pol′lo
,Noun.
[L.
Apollo
, -linis
, Gr. [GREEK].] (Classic Myth.)
A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the “sun god”), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; – called also
Phébus
. The Apollo Belvedere
, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.
Definition 2024
Apollo
Apollo
English
Apollo (1) and Artemis
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
Related terms
Translations
the son of Zeus
a very handsome young man
a three-man spacecraft
butterfly
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
See also
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ollo
Proper noun
Apollo m
Latin
Proper noun
Apollo m (genitive Apollinis); third declension
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Apollo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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
apollo
apollo
English
Apollo Butterfly of Gran Sasso
Noun
apollo (plural apollos)
- A very handsome young man.
- A butterfly, also known as mountain apollo (Parnassius apollo).
Translations
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ollo
Noun
apollo m (plural apolli)
- A man of great beauty
- Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings)