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apellai

apellai noun: an initiation family-festival which was dedicated to Apollo. Also the plural of apella.

Noun

apellai

  1. An initiation family-festival which was dedicated to Apollo

Also used as

apellai is also the plural of apella.

Origin of apellai

From Ancient Greek ἀπέλλαι (apéllai), plural form of ἀπέλλα (apélla, “fold, fence for animals”); compare Laconian Ancient Greek ἀπελλάζω (apellázō, “to assemble”).

Questions about apellai

What does apellai mean?
Apellai means an initiation family-festival which was dedicated to Apollo.
What part of speech is apellai?
Apellai is a noun.

Words near apellai in the dictionary

  1. apelinergic
  2. apeling
  3. apelings
  4. Apeliotes
  5. apella
  6. apellai
  7. Apelles
  8. apelloid
  9. apelloids
  10. apellous
  11. apelmatozoic

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