Delos
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See also: dēlos
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).
Proper noun[edit]
Delos
- An island in the Cyclades, Greece.
- 2010, Lewis Richard Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States, page 108:
- We may also conclude that as it was the Ionic γένη of the Attic tetrapolis who in the main achieved the Ionization of Athens, so it was a branch of this same stock that settled at Delos […]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
island
Further reading[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Delos
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).
Proper noun[edit]
Dēlos f sg (genitive Dēlī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Dēlos |
Genitive | Dēlī |
Dative | Dēlō |
Accusative | Dēlon |
Ablative | Dēlō |
Vocative | Dēle |
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “Delos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Delos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Delos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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