Delos

Delos

See also: dēlos

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).

Proper noun

Delos

  1. An island of 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 []
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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Delos

  1. plural of Delo

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • Dēlus

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).

    Proper noun

    Dēlos f sg (genitive Dēlī); second declension

    1. Delos

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

    singular
    nominative Dēlos
    genitive Dēlī
    dative Dēlō
    accusative Dēlon
    ablative Dēlō
    vocative Dēle

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    • English: Delos
    • French: Délos
    • Italian: Delo

    References

    • 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