Apollo en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /əˈpɒləʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈpɑloʊ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Meanings
- (countable) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).
- (countable) A very handsome young man.
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(Africa, West, uncountable) Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
After that, children in school said you could get Apollo, a form of conjunctivitis, by staring at an eclipse too long.
2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 11:Her eyes hurt and when her mother looked at her in the morning and worried that she had Apollo because her eyes were so red she did not tell her otherwise.
2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 133:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hermes (antonym(s) of “astronomy”)
Deriveds
Apollo's belt · post-Apollo (space) · pre-Apollo (space) · Apollo Bay · Apollo Beach
Relateds
apollo · Apollon · Apollos · Apolline · Apolo · apollo
Translations (77)
pt apolo (a very handsome young man) · hy Ապոլլոն (the son of Zeus) · fi Apollo (a three-man spacecraft) · cmn 阿波羅 /阿波罗 (a three-man spacecraft) · grc Ἀπόλλων (the son of Zeus) · ru Аполло́н (a three-man spacecraft) · ru Аполло́н (a very handsome young man) · or ଆପୋଲୋ (the son of Zeus) · pt Apolo (the son of Zeus) · fi isoapollo (butterfly) · fr apollon (a very handsome young man) · ru краса́вец (a very handsome young man) · nl Apollo (the son of Zeus) · cop ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ (the son of Zeus) · el τεκνό (a very handsome young man) · ar هَدَّاب (butterfly) · de Apollo (the son of Zeus) · ca apol·lo (butterfly) · tr Apollon (the son of Zeus) · ko 아폴론 (the son of Zeus) · cmn 阿波羅 /阿波罗 (the son of Zeus) · mr अपोलो (a three-man spacecraft) · hu Apolló-lepke (butterfly) · pt Apollo (a three-man spacecraft) · el Απόλλων (the son of Zeus) · yue 阿波羅 /阿波罗 (the son of Zeus) · ru аполло́н (a very handsome young man) · uk Аполло́н (the son of Zeus) · fi Apollon (the son of Zeus) · ka აპოლონი (the son of Zeus) · km អាប៉ូឡូ (the son of Zeus) · io apolo (butterfly) · el απόλλων (a very handsome young man) · pl Apollo (the son of Zeus) · es apolo (a very handsome young man) · ca Apol·lo (the son of Zeus) · ja アポローン (the son of Zeus) · sw Apolo (the son of Zeus) · fr Apollon (the son of Zeus) · ga Apalló (the son of Zeus) · ru Аполло́н (the son of Zeus) · eo Apolono (the son of Zeus) · enm Appolyn (the son of Zeus) · el Απόλλωνας (the son of Zeus) · ca apol·lo (a very handsome young man) · mr अपोलो (the son of Zeus) · pt apolo (butterfly) · es Apolo (the son of Zeus) · zu u-Apholo (the son of Zeus) · fr Apollo (a three-man spacecraft) · cs Apollón (the son of Zeus) · fi Apollo (a town in Pennsylvania) · it Apollo (the son of Zeus) · hu Apollo (a three-man spacecraft) · gl Apolo (the son of Zeus) · chr ᎠᏉᎳ (the son of Zeus) · es apolo (butterfly) · fr Apollo (a town in Pennsylvania) · la Apollō (the son of Zeus) · ru аполло́н (butterfly) · ca Apol·lo (a three-man spacecraft) · hy Ապոլոն (the son of Zeus) · de Apollon (the son of Zeus) · enm Phebus (the son of Zeus) · ar أَبُولُّو (the son of Zeus) · tr Apollo kelebeği (butterfly) · pl apollo (a very handsome young man) · fr apollon (butterfly) · ko 아폴로 (a three-man spacecraft) · mr अपोलो (a town in Pennsylvania) · de Apoll (the son of Zeus) · de Roter Apollo (butterfly) · mr अपोलो (butterfly) · tl Apolo (the son of Zeus) · hu Apollón (the son of Zeus) · it apollo (a very handsome young man) · ja アポロ (a three-man spacecraft)