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proper noun · masculinethird declension

Ā̆tlās

Ā̆tlās m (genitive Ā̆tlantis)
Classical[ˈaːt.ɫaːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈat.las]

Meaning

  1. a mountain in the Atlas Mountain Range in the former Kingdom of Mauretania, said to support the heavens
    [...] iamque volāns apicem et latera ardua cernit / Ātlantis dūrī, caelum quī vertice fulcit; / Ātlantis, cīnctum adsiduē cui nūbibus ātrīs / pīniferum caput et ventō pulsātur et imbrī, / nix umerōs īnfūsa tegit; tum flūmina mentō / praecipitant senis, et glaciē riget horrida barba.… And now as he flies, [Mercury] sees the peak and steep sides of Atlas the enduring, whose top props up the sky; of Atlas, whose pine-clad head is ever girt with dark clouds, and battered by wind and rain, [and] his shoulders laden with fallen snow; [then,] further on, rivers pour down his aged chin, and his bristly beard is stiff with ice. (This personification blends aspects of both the Titan and the mountain; see also: epanalepsis.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.246–251
  2. Greekthe Titan Atlas
    "tempus, Atla, veniet, tua quo spoliabitur auro"Atlas, the time will come when your tree will be spoiled of its gold, and he who gets the glory of this spoil will be Jove's son."Ovid Metamorphoses with an English translation by Frank Justus Miller. In two volumes, I, books I–VIII, 1951, page 224–225 containing Ovidus' Metamorphoses IV, 644–645

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeĀ̆tlāsĀ̆tlantēs
genitiveĀ̆tlantisĀ̆tlantum
dativeĀ̆tlantīĀ̆tlantibus
accusativeĀ̆tlantemĀ̆tlantēs
ablativeĀ̆tlanteĀ̆tlantibus
vocativeĀ̆tlāĀ̆tlantēs

Ā^tlās, antis, m., = Ἄτλας.
I. Atlas, a high mountain in Mauretania, in the northwest part of Libya, on which, acc. to the fable, heaven rested, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 11 sqq.; Ov. M. 2, 296; 15, 149; id. F. 5, 83; Verg. A. 4, 247; 6, 796; Vitr. 6, 10; 8, 12; Hyg. Fab. 150 (cf. Hom. Od. 1, 52; 4, 385; Hdt. 3, 2; 4, 148; Apollod. 2, 5, 11; Diod. Sic. 3, 5).—
II. In mythology, a king of Mauretania, son of Iapetus and Clymene, a lover of astronomy, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8; Ov. M. 4, 628 sq.; changed by Perseus, with the aid of Medusa's head, into Mount Atlas, because he refused him a hospitable reception as guest, Ov. M. 4, 657 sq. He was the father, by Pleione, of the seven Pleiades, and, by Æthra, of the seven (acc. to Hyg. five) Hyades.—Meton. for a man of colossal height, and iron. for a dwarf, Juv. 8, 32.—
III. Derivv.
A. ā^tlantĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Mount Atlas, as a designation for westAfrican, Libyan: mare, the Atlantic Ocean, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: accola, dwelling on Atlas, Sil. 10, 185: munera, i. e. citrus-wood, Mart. 14, 89; cf. Atlantis, 1.—
B. ā^tlantĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: litus, Sil. 13, 200: Olympus, i. e. the heaven borne by Atlas, Calp. 4, 83: profundum, Aus. Mos. 144.—
C. ā^tlantēus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Atlas, and,
(a). Of Mount Atlas, as a designation for west-African, Libyan: finis, Hor. C. 1, 34, 11: Oceanus, the Atlantic Ocean, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 280; cf. id. Prob. et Olyb. Cons. 35: gurges, Stat. Achill. 1, 223.—
(b). Of or belonging to King Atlas: Pleiades, Ov. F. 3, 105.—
D. ā^t-lantĭădes, ae, m. patr., a male descendant of King Atlas.
(a). Mercury, the grandson of Atlas by Maia, Ov. M. 2, 704; 2, 834; 8, 627 (cf.: nepos Atlantis, Ov. F. 5, 663; Hor. C. 1, 10, 1).—
(b). Hermaphroditus, greatgrandson of Atlas and son of Mercury, Ov. M. 4, 368.—
E. ā^tlantĭăs, ădis, f. patr., a female descendant of Atlas: sorores, i. e. Pleiades, daughters of Atlas, Sil. 16, 136: Calypso, Auct. Priap. 69 (cf. Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 685 P.: apud nympham Atlantis filiam Calypsonem).—
F. ā^tlantis, ĭdis, f.
1. Adj., of or pertaining to Mount Atlas: silva, a citrus forest, Luc. 10, 144; cf. Atlanticus.—Also subst., the name of several islands in the Atlantic Ocean, of which the largest, acc. to Plato, was said to have sunk (some consider this as America), Plin. 2, 90, 92, § 205; 6, 31, 36, § 190.—
2. Adj., of or pertaining to King Atlas; and subst., his female posterity; thus the Pleiades and Hyades, connected as constellations in the heavens, are called Atlantides, Hyg. Fab. 192; id. Astr. 2, 21: Eoae Atlantides, the Pleiades, called Vergiliae, Verg. G. 1, 221 Serv.; Col. 10, 54; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—In sing., an epithet of Electra, one of the Pleiades, Ov F. 4, 31; and of Calypso, Tib. 4, 1, 77. —
G. ā^tlantĭus, ii, m., a descendant of Atlas; Hermaphroditus, his great-grandson by Mercury (cf. Atlantiades), Hyg. Fab. 271.—
IV. ā^tlantes, um, m., a Libyan people, Mel. 1, 4, 4; 1, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 44 sq.; Sol. 31.—
V. Atlantes = Gigantes, Naev. Bell. Punic. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.

Origins

From the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

Descendants
  • PortugueseAtlas
  • SpanishAtlas

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyAtlasAtlas (Ἄτλας: ad j. Ἄτλας, fem. Ἀτλαντίς· Ἀτλαντικός, Atlanticus, Atlantēus), a name transferred from mythology to geography, and applied to the great…Biography & mythologyAtlasAtlas (Ἄτλας), according to Hesiod (Hes. Th. 507, &c.), a son of Japetus and Clymene, and a brother of Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus; accordin…

Quick answers

What does Ā̆tlās mean in Latin?
Ā̆tlās, a proper noun, means “a mountain in the Atlas Mountain Range in the former Kingdom of Mauretania, said to support the heavens; the Titan Atlas”.
What is the genitive of Ā̆tlās?
The genitive singular is Ā̆tlantis. Ā̆tlās is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Ā̆tlās?
In classical Latin, [ˈaːt.ɫaːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈat.las].