Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 111811 6781318 2009-06-12T11:21:34Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|apollo}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} [[Image:Apollo_Artemis_Brygos_Louvre_G151.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Apollo (1) and [[Artemis]]|250px]] ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/əˈpɒləʊ/}} ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|grc}} {{term|Ἀπόλλων||sc=Polytonic|tr=Apollōn|lang=grc}}. ====Proper noun==== {{en-proper noun}} # {{context|Greek mythology|Roman mythology}}: The son of [[Zeus]] and [[Leto]] (or [[Jupiter]] and [[Latona]]), and the twin brother of [[Artemis]] (or [[Diana]]). <ref>''Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology'', Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986</ref> He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; <ref name="Webster's c 2001">''Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001</ref> and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more. # A very handsome young man. <ref name="Webster's c 2001"/> # A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for travel to the moon. # A town in [[Pennsylvania]], USA. # A butterfly (''Parnassius apollo'', a large [[swallowtail]] with black and red spots on white wings). =====Translations===== {{trans-top|the son of Zeus}} * [[Ancient Greek]]: {{tø|grc|Ἀπόλλων|m|tr=Apollōn|sc=polytonic}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[ابولو|أبُولّو]]}} (’abóllu) {{m}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|Ապոլոն|tr=Apolon|sc=Armn}} * French: {{t|fr|Apollon|m}} * German: {{t-|de|Apollon}}, {{t|de|Apoll}} {{trans-mid}} * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|Apollón}} * Italian: {{t|it|Apollo|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|アポロン|tr=Aporon|sc=Jpan}} * Russian: {{t|ru|Аполлон|m|tr=Apollón|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t|es|Apolo|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|a very handsome young man}} * French: {{t|fr|apollon|m}} * Italian: {{t|it|apollo|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|Аполлон|m|tr=Apollón|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|a three-man spacecraft}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Apollo}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|アポロ|tr=Aporo|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|Аполлон|m|tr=Apollón|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|a town in Pennsylvania}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|butterfly}} * Russian: {{t|ru|аполлон|m|tr=apollón|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== From the object [[w:1862 Apollo|1862 Apollo]]. ====Noun==== {{wikipedia|List of Apollo asteroids}} {{en-noun}} # {{astronomy}} An [[asteroid]] possessing an [[orbit]] that crosses the orbit of the [[Earth]] and an [[orbital period]] of over one [[year]], with [[semimajor axis|semimajor axes]] greater than 1 [[AU]], and [[perihelion]] distances less than 1.017 AU. =====Translations===== {{trans-top|mythology}} * [[Ancient Greek]]: {{polytonic|[[Άπόλλων]]}} (Apóllon) {{m}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[ابولو|أبُولّو]]}} (’abóllu) {{m}} * French: {{t+|fr|Apollon|m}} * Greek: {{t|el|Απόλλων|m|tr=Apóllon|sc=Grek}} * Italian: {{t-|it|Apollo|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[アポロ]] (Aporo) * Latin: Apollo (-inis) {{m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Apolo|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|Аполлон|m|tr=Apollón|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|Apolo|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|French}}: [[Apollon]] {{m}} {{checktrans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Latin}}: Apollo (-inis) {{m}} * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[Apolo]] {{m}} {{checktrans-bottom}} ===References=== <references/> [[Category:Greek mythology]] [[Category:Roman mythology]] ---- ==Italian== ===Proper noun=== '''Apollo''' {{m}} # Apollo [[Category:Italian nouns]] ---- ==Latin== ===Proper noun=== '''Apollo''' {{m}} (''genitive:'' [[Apollinis]]) # Apollo ====Derived terms==== * [[Apollinaris]] [[Category:Latin proper nouns]] [[de:Apollo]] [[fr:Apollo]] [[io:Apollo]] [[hu:Apollo]] [[pl:Apollo]] [[sr:Apollo]] [[tr:Apollo]] [[zh:Apollo]]