Ἀπόλλων

See also: Απόλλων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Pre-Greek, or from an older, obsolete verb meaning "to drive away," as in evil (via Klein from Usener).[1] Socrates in Cratylus connects it to ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi, “to destroy”), ἀπολούων (apoloúōn, “washing”), ἀπολύων (apolúōn, “delivering”), ἁπλοῦν (haploûn, “simple”), and ἀειβάλλων (aeibállōn, “always shooting”). Plotinus, in Ennead V.5.6.26-30, claims that Pythagoreans derived it from ἀ- (a-) and πολῠ́ς (polús) to render Απόλλων, literally "one without parts," as a 'symbol' of the Monad.[2]

Sometimes said to derive from *Apeljōn to synchronize the Arcadocypriot and Doric variations with the Hittite deity Apaliunas, Hittite 𒀀𒀊𒉺𒇷𒌋𒈾𒀸 (A-ap-pa-li-u-na-aš).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓πόλλων • (Apóllōn) m (genitive Ᾰ̓πόλλωνος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Apollo

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἀπόλλων; τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀπόλλων
ho Apóllōn
Genitive τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος
toû Apóllōnos
Dative τῷ Ἀπόλλωνῐ
tôi Apóllōni
Accusative τὸν Ἀπόλλω / Ἀπόλλωνᾰ
tòn Apóllō / Apóllōna
Vocative Ἄπολλον
Ápollon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Stamatellos, Giannis. Plotinus and the presocratics: a philosophical study of presocratic influences in Plotinus' Enneads. SUNY press, 2012.

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