Apollonios
Definition
The name of several scholars, scientists, and writers from Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic period, the most famous being Apollonius of Perga (3rd century BC), a geometric genius who revolutionized the study of conic sections, Apollonius of Rhodes, an epic poet author of the 'Argonautica', and Apollonius of Tyana, a Neopythagorean philosopher. These figures represent structural pillars of scientific and literary evolution in the classical Mediterranean basin.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Apollonios
- Apollonius
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Proper masculine noun, invariant in plural formats, taking standard singular genitive determiners. |
| Formation | Direct preservation of the original Greek proper name 'Apollonios', distinct from its Latinized equivalent 'Apollonius'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.pol.ˈlo.ni.os] |
| Source | History of Mathematics Archives, Classical Philology Compendiums, and Hellenistic Philosophy Indexes |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Tratatul scris de Apollonios din Perga despre elipsă, parabolă și hiperbolă a rămas un model de geometrie analitică timp de secole.
EN: The treatise written by Apollonius of Perga on the ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola remained a model of analytic geometry for centuries.
RO: Poetul elenistic Apollonios din Rodos a readus în prim-plan epopeea grandioasă prin descrierea călătoriei navei Argo.
EN: The Hellenistic poet Apollonius of Rhodes brought the grand epic back to the forefront by describing the journey of the ship Argo.
RO: Minunile și biografia mistică atribuite lui Apollonios din Tyana au fost comparate adesea cu relatările din evangheliile creștine.
EN: The miracles and mystical biography attributed to Apollonius of Tyana were often compared with accounts in the Christian gospels.
Idioms & Phrases
Teorema lui Apollonios / Theorem of Apollonius / Apollonius's theorem
RO: Teoremă geometrică fundamentală ce stabilește o relație matematică exactă între lungimile laturilor unui triunghi și mediana sa.
EN: A fundamental geometric theorem establishing an exact mathematical relationship between the lengths of a triangle's sides and its median.
Secțiunile lui Apollonios / Apollonian conics
RO: Studiul structural al curbelor obținute prin intersectarea unui con cu un plan geometric, teoretizat în cele opt cărți ale operei sale.
EN: The structural study of curves obtained by intersecting a cone with a geometric plane, theorized in the eight books of his work.
Cercurile lui Apollonios / Circles of Apollonius
RO: Configurație geometrică plană formată din cercuri pentru care raportul distanțelor de la orice punct la două focare fixe este constant.
EN: A planar geometric configuration consisting of circles for which the ratio of distances from any point to two fixed foci is constant.
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