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Delos

Delos

See also: dēlos

English

Proper noun

Delos

An island of the Cyclades, Greece.

Related terms

Delian

Translations

island

French: Délos (fr)
Greek: Δήλος (el) f ‎(Dílos)
Ancient Greek: Δῆλος f ‎(Dêlos)

Italian: Delo f
Latin: Delos f

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Delus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δῆλος ‎(Dêlos).

Proper noun

Dēlos f ‎(genitive Dēlī); second declension

Delos

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case	Singular
nominative	Dēlos
genitive	Dēlī
dative	Dēlō
accusative	Dēlon Dēlum
ablative	Dēlō
vocative	Dēle

Descendants

English: Delos
French: Délos
Italian: Delo

References

Delos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Delos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.