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

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Dēlus

Etymology

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