Leto – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Leto
n.
mother of Apollo and Artemis and wife of Zeus (Greek mythology)
Leto
Madrid–Torrejón Airport
Madrid–Torrejón Airport is a commercial airport in Spain. It is a joint-use facility between the Spanish Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Public Works. The civil part is dedicated primarily to executive and private aviation. The airport is located northeast of
Madrid, west of
Alcalá de Henares, and NE of
Torrejón de Ardoz. The military part (Base de Torrejón) is the base of several combat, logistics and electronic warfare units of the Ejército del Aire, the Spanish Air Force, among them the 12 Combat Wing with
F-18 planes and the official planes of the President of the Government of Spain and the King of Spain. It is also the base of the European Union's Satellite Centre (
EUSC). The airport was formerly home to
US Air Force Torrejón Air Base.
Leto
Noun
1. wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology
(synonym) Latona
(hypernym) Greco-Roman deity, Graeco-Roman deity
Léto
nf.
Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis and wife of Zeus
Leto
[Greek] Leto, the daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus. Known as the hidden one and bright one, her name came to be used for the moon Selene. Hera was jealous of Leto because Zeus, the husband of Hera, had fallen in love with her. From their union Leto bore the divine twins, Artemis and Apollo. Leto found this to be an arduous task, as Hera had refused Leto to give birth on either terra firma or on an island out at sea. The only place safe enough to give birth was Delos because Delos was a floating island. Therefore, Leto did not refute the wishes of Hera. In some versions, Leto was refused by other vicinities because they feared the great power of the god she would bear. To show her gratitude, Leto anchored Delos to the bottom of the Aegean with four columns, to aid its stability. A conflict of legends arises when in one version it says that Artemis was born one day before Apollo, and the birth took place on the island of Ortygia. Then the next day, Artemis helped Leto to cross to the is...
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