apeliotes

Latin

Alternative forms

• aphēliōtēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπηλιώτης (apēliṓtēs), compound of ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.peː.liˈoː.teːs/, [äpeːlʲiˈoːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.pe.liˈo.tes/, [äpeliˈɔːt̪es]

Noun

apēliōtēs m (genitive apēliōtae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) The East wind.

   Synonyms: eurus, subsōlānus

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	apēliōtēs	apēliōtae
genitive	apēliōtae	apēliōtārum
dative	apēliōtae	apēliōtīs
accusative	apēliōtēn	apēliōtās
ablative	apēliōtē	apēliōtīs
vocative	apēliōtē	apēliōtae

Descendants

• Italian: apeliota, apeliote

References

• “apeliotes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apeliotes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.