apologus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos).

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016