Definitions For Eidolon

Noun

EIDOLON (plural eidola or eidolons) 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. A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.

Translations

Bulgarian: идеализиран образ, m Greek: είδωλο, n : Ancient Greek: εἴδωλον, n Bulgarian: призрак, m, привидение, n Greek: είδωλο, n Russian: при́зрак, привиде́ние Spanish: fantasma, m, aparición, f Turkish: hayalet

Alternative forms

eidôlon idolon

Etymology

From "figure, representation", from εἶδος, , sight, from εἴδω, , I see. {{doublet, en, idol}}.