Atlas

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, meaning "The Bearer (of the Heavens)", from τλῆναι (tlēnai, “to suffer, endure, bear”).

Proper noun

Atlas

1. (Greek mythology) son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
2. (astronomy) a moon of Saturn
3. (astronomy) a crater in the first quadrant of the moon
4. (warfare, US) Intercontinental ballistic missile

Derived terms

• Atlantean

Related terms

• Atlas Mountains

Translations

Greek mythology

Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας (Átlas) Dutch: Atlas (nl) m. Finnish: Atlas (fi) German: Atlas (de) m.

Greek: Άτλας (el) (Átlas) m. Hungarian: Atlasz (hu) Portuguese: Atlas (pt) m. Swedish: Atlas (sv) c.

a moon of Saturn

Dutch: Atlas (nl) m. Finnish: Atlas (fi) German: Atlas (de) m.

Hungarian: Atlasz (hu) Portuguese: Atlas (pt)

a crater of the moon

Finnish: Atlas (fi) German: Atlas (de) m.

Hungarian: Atlasz (hu)

intercontinental ballistic missile

Finnish: Atlas (fi)

German: Atlas (de) m.

Anagrams

• AASLT
• salat

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German

Etymology 1

From the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Atlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

Wikipedia ^de

Noun

Atlas m. (genitive Atlas or Atlasses or Atlanten, plural Atlanten or Atlasse)

1. (cartography or reference work) atlas (bound collection of maps)
   • 1902, Geologisches Centralblatt, volume 2, page 17:

     In diesem System der Arbeitstheilung, sowie in der ungenügenden topographischen Grundlage 1 : 50 000 liegt auch die Schwäche des Atlasses, der gleichwohl für jene Zeit ein hervorragendes Werk darstellte.

2. atlas (bound collection of tables, illustrations on any subject)
   • 2008, Frank H. Netter, translation by Roland Mühlbauer, Atlas der Anatomie, fourth edition, ISBN 978-3-437-41602-6, preface:

     Jeder von ihnen hat einen Abschnitt des Atlanten gegengelesen, korrigiert und auf den neuesten Stand gebracht.

     Each one of them checked, corrected, and brought a chapter of the atlas up to date.

3. (medicine) atlas (uppermost vertebra of the neck)
   • 1893, Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, volume 35, edited by A. Lücke and E. Rose, page 559:

     Halswirbel zeigt sich an der rechten unteren Gelenkfläche des Atlas eine leicht bogenförmige, usurirte [sic] Linie im Gelenkknorpel: […]

     The cervical vertebra manifests on the right anterior articular surface of the atlas a slightly arcuate, abraded line in the articular cartilage: […]

4. (rare) atlas (figure of a man used as a column)

Synonyms

• (figure of man used as column) Atlant

Proper noun

Atlas

1. (Greek mythology) Atlas (son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders)
2. (astronomy) Atlas (moon of Saturn)
3. (astronomy) Atlas (star in the Pleiades)
4. (astronomy) Atlas (crater in the first quadrant of the moon)
5. (warfare, U.S.) Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile

Etymology 2

From Arabic.

Wikipedia ^de

Noun

Atlas m. (genitive Atlas or Atlasses, no plural)

1. atlas satin

Etymology 3

From Berber.

Proper noun

Atlas

1. (geography) the Atlas Mountains (mountain range in northwest Africa)

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Latin

Etymology

From the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Atlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈaːt.laːs/

Proper noun

Ātlās (genitive Ātlantis); m, third declension

1. (geography) A mountain in the Atlas Mountain Range in the former Kingdom of Mauretania, said to support the heavens.
2. (Greek mythology) The Titan Atlas.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Ātlās	Ātlantēs
genitive	Ātlantis	Ātlantum
dative	Ātlantī	Ātlantibus
accusative	Ātlantem	Ātlantēs
ablative	Ātlante	Ātlantibus
vocative	Ātlās	Ātlantēs

Derived terms

• Ātlantes
• Ātlantēus
• Ātlantiacus
• Ātlantiades
• Ātlantias
• Ātlanticus
• Ātlantis
• Ātlantius

References

Atlas in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Atlas m.

1. (Greek mythology) Atlas