Aplu
/ˈap.luː/noun
Aplu is the Etruscan name of the god Apollo, associated especially with prophecy, healing, and music.
Did you know?Aplu appears in Etruscan religious art and inscriptions as a borrowing or adaptation of the Greek Apollo, but scholars still debate the ultimate origin of Apollo’s name.
Etymological Timeline
Archaic Greece
Greek
Ἀπόλλων (Apollōn)
“The name of the Greek god Apollo; its ultimate etymology is uncertain.”
Classical Etruria
Etruscan
Aplu
“Etruscan form of Apollo, a divine figure connected with prophecy, healing, and music.”
Roman Antiquity
Latin
Apollo
“Roman name for the Greek god Apollo.”
1st Century BCE–1st Century CE
Latin
Apollō
“A poetic and religious name used in Roman literature for Apollo.”
Modern English
English
Apollo
“The Greek and Roman god of prophecy, healing, music, and the arts; also a name used for spacecraft and other cultural references.”
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