eidolon

eidolon
noun (plural eidolons or eidola) Etymology: Greek eidōlon — more at idol Date: 1828 1. an unsubstantial image ; phantom 2. ideal

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  • Eidolon — may refer to:* Eidolon (astral double), a Greek concept of a shade or astral double of a living being * The Eidolon , a computer game from the 1980s by Lucasfilm Games * Eidolon Software, a software company that caters to NextStep and Mac OS X… …   Wikipedia

  • Eidolon — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para el videojuego, véase The Eidolon. Un eidolon (en griego «ειδωλον»; imagen, fantasma, aparición), según la mitología griega y la teosofía, es una copia astral de un difunto. Los antiguos griegos imaginaban el… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Eidolon — bedeutet: eine Gattung der Rosettenflughunde, siehe Eidolon (Gattung) The Eidolon, ein Computerspiel von Lucasfilm Games (1984) eine kanadische Power Metal Band, siehe Eidolon (Band) ein Album der deutschen Black Metal Band Dark Fortress, siehe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • eidolon — 1828, from Gk. eidolon (see IDOL (Cf. idol)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • eidolon — [ī dō′lən] n. pl. eidolons or eidola [ī dō′lə] [Gr eidōlon, an image: see IDOL] 1. an image without real existence; phantom; apparition ☆ 2. an ideal person or thing eidolic [īdäl′ik] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Eidolon — Ei*do lon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? image. See {Idol}.] An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eidolon — index phantom, specter Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Eidolon — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Eidolon est un terme grec (εἴδωλον), traduit entre autres par simulacre ou fantôme. Il désigne aussi : Eidolon, un genre de chauve souris ; Les… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • eidolon — noun /aɪˈdəʊlən,aɪˈdoʊlɑn/ a) An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality. As a species it is extinct; as an eidolon it retains its… …   Wiktionary

  • Eidolon — palminiai vaisėdžiai šikšnosparniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas gentis apibrėžtis Gentyje 1 rūšis. Paplitimo arealas – tropinė Azija, Madagaskaras ir P. V. Azija. atitikmenys: lot. Eidolon angl. eidolon fruit bats;… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

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