Iolaus

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Iolaus m A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies, African sapphires. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰόλαος (Iólaos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [i.ɔˈɫaː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.oˈlaː.us] === Proper noun === Iolāus m sg (genitive Iolāī); second declension (Greek mythology) Theban hero and nephew of Heracles ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Iolaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Iolaus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Iolaus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray