[ˈaːt.ɫaːs], [ˈat.ɫaːs], [ˈat.las]
OriginFrom the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).
- declension-3a 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 īnfūs” — … 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
- Greek, declension-3the 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."
FormsĀ̆tlās(canonical, masculine) · Ā̆tlantis(genitive) · Ā̆tlās(nominative, singular) · Ā̆tlantēs(nominative, plural) · Ā̆tlantis(genitive, singular) · Ā̆tlantum(genitive, plural) · Ā̆tlantī(dative, singular) · Ā̆tlantibus(dative, plural) · Ā̆tlantem(accusative, singular) · Ā̆tlantēs(accusative, plural) · Ā̆tlante(ablative, singular) · Ā̆tlantibus(ablative, plural) · Ā̆tlā(singular, vocative) · Ā̆tlantēs(plural, vocative)