Proper name

• APOLLINA'RIS and APOLLINA'RIUS are different forms of the same Greek name, Ἀπολλινάριος. For the sake of convenience we use in every case the form Apollinaris, which is always employed by Latin writers. (Wikisource | public domain)
• APOLLINA'RIS, CLAU'DIUS, the commander of Vitellius' fleet at Misenum, when it revolted to Vespasian in A. D. 70. Apollinaris escaped with six galleys. (Tac. Hist. iii. 57, 76, 77.) (Wikisource | public domain)

(adj.Subst.) : Apollĭnāris, e, adj.Apollo
* Belonging or sacred to Apollo, of Apollo.
* Adj.: laurea,Hor. C. 4, 2, 9: Apollinarem (aedem),Liv. 3, 63, 7 Weissenb.—Hence, Ludi Apollinares, the games celebrated in honor of Apollo, annually, on the 5th of July, Liv. 25, 12; 27, 23; Cic. Att. 2, 19; id. Phil. 10, 3; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 19 al.
* Subst.
* Ăpol-lĭnāris, is, f. (sc. herba), the herb commonly called hyoscyamus, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 140.
* A species of solanum, App. Herb. 22.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Aelius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: AE 1983, 831 | PIR ID708
• Aelius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: SB 7539 | PIR ID709
• Alfenus Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: PIR A 0517 | PIR ID1187
• Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR A 0919 | PIR ID1703
• Aurelius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR A 1452 | PIR ID2451
• Aurelius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR A 1453 | PIR ID2452
• M. Aurelius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: IGBulg 1569 | PIR ID2453
• M. Aurelius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: AE 1974, 544 | PIR ID2454
• M. Cassius Apollinaris (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 0484 | PIR ID3705
• Cerellius Apollinaris Q. Cerellius Apollinaris Q. Caerellius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: PIR C 0665 | PIR ID3919
• Cerellius Apollinaris Q. Cerellius Apollinaris Q. Caerellius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: PIR C 0665 | PIR ID3919
• Cerellius Apollinaris Q. Cerellius Apollinaris Q. Caerellius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: PIR C 0665 | PIR ID3919
• Claudius Apollinaris (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 0783 | PIR ID4173
• Claudius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: PIR C 0781 | PIR ID4174
• Claudius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR C 0782 | PIR ID4175
• ... Claudius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: IGR 1, 1180 | PIR ID4176
• P. Coelius Apollinaris (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 1239 | PIR ID4704
• P. Coelius Apollinaris (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 1240 | PIR ID4705
• L. Domitius Apollinaris (Masc, senator), ref: PIR D 0133 | PIR ID5403
• T. Fabius Alfenus Apollinaris (Masc), ref: cf. A 0517 | PIR ID5700
• M. Iulius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR I 0158 | PIR ID7328
• P. Memmius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR M 0458 | PIR ID9144
• L. Nesennius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR N 0071 | PIR ID9560
• Pinarius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR P 0408 | PIR ID10421
• T. Prifernius Paetus Memmius Apollinaris P. Prifernius Paetus Memmius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0936 | PIR ID11031
• T. Prifernius Paetus Memmius Apollinaris P. Prifernius Paetus Memmius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0936 | PIR ID11031
• C. Sulpicius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: PIR S1 0707 | PIR ID12799
• M. Ulpius Apollinaris (Masc), ref: IGBulg 3, 1774 | PIR ID13466
• Q. Ulpius Domitius Apollinaris (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1977, 723 | PIR ID13490
• Valerius Apollinaris (Masc, eques), ref: IGR 1, 1179 | PIR ID13788
• Apollinaris (Masc), ref: IGLS 13,2, 9953 | PIR ID15023

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