apologus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Hellenic *apó

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó)

Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos

Proto-Hellenic *lógos

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos)bor.

Latin apologus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos).

Pronunciation

•   (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈpɔ.ɫɔ.ɡʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈpɔː.lo.ɡus]

Noun

apologus m (genitive apologī); second declension

1. narrative, story
2. fable, tale, apologue

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	apologus	apologī
genitive	apologī	apologōrum
dative	apologō	apologīs
accusative	apologum	apologōs
ablative	apologō	apologīs
vocative	apologe	apologī

Descendants

• Catalan: apòleg
• French: apologue
• Galician: apólogo
• Italian: apologo
• Portuguese: apólogo
• Romanian: apolog
• Spanish: apólogo

References

• “apologus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “apologus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “apologus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• apologus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016