Apollo

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɒləʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɑloʊ/ Rhymes: -ɒləʊ Hyphenation: Apol‧lo === Etymology 1 === From Latin Apollō, 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 Theatre, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers. A male given name. A placename. ==== Noun ==== Apollo (countable and uncountable, plural Apollos) (countable) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo). Alternative form: apollo (countable) A very handsome young man. Alternative form: apollo (West Africa, uncountable) Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis. ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “astronomy”): Hermes ===== Derived terms ===== (NASA, space): pre-Apollo, post-Apollo Apollo Bay Apollo Beach Apollo's belt ===== Related terms ===== Apolline variants: Apollon, Apolo, Apollos ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus (Roman mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Ceres, Diana, Jupiter, Juno, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Neptune, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan === 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 ===== ==== See also ==== Apollo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === palolo == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈpɔl.lo/, /aˈpol.lo/ Rhymes: -ɔllo, -ollo Hyphenation: A‧pòl‧lo, A‧pól‧lo === Proper noun === Apollo m (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo ==== Derived terms ==== apollo === References === === Anagrams === Opallo == Latin == === Alternative forms === Apellō (pre-classical) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn). Cognate with Faliscan 𐌀𐌐𐌏𐌋𐌏 (apolo). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈpɔl.loː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈpɔl.lo] === Proper noun === Apollō m (genitive Apollinis or Apollōnis); third declension (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo c. 25 BCE, Ovid, Heroides, Letter 15: "Sappho Phaoni": Sume fidem et pharetram fies manifestus Apollo Take up string and quiver and you are Apollo manifest ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (two different stems). ==== Synonyms ==== Phoebus ==== 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[1] “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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray == Middle English == === Proper noun === Apollo alternative form of Appolyn == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈpɔl.lɔ/ Rhymes: -ɔllɔ Syllabification: A‧pol‧lo Homophone: apollo === Proper noun === Apollo m pers (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo (son of Zeus) ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Apollo m pers (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Apollo ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Apollo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “Apollo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English Apollo. ==== Proper noun ==== Apollo f Apollo (American three-man spacecraft) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Apollo m pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Apolo == Swedish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn). === Proper noun === Apollo c (genitive Apollos) (Greek mythology) Apollo === See also === (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus