Iolaus

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Iolaus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies, African sapphires.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰόλαος (Iólaos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [i.ɔˈɫaː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.oˈlaː.us]

Iolāus m sg (genitive Iolāī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Theban hero and nephew of Heracles

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Iolaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Iolaus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Iolaus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray