Προμηθεύς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom προμηθής (promēthḗs, “forethinking”) + -εύς (-eús), from πρό (pró) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn, to know”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.mɛː.tʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro.me̝ˈtʰews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro.miˈθeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro.miˈθefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro.miˈθefs/
Proper noun
editΠρομηθεύς • (Promētheús) m (genitive Προμηθέως); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Προμηθεύς ho Promētheús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Προμηθέως toû Promēthéōs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Προμηθεῖ tôi Promētheî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Προμηθέᾱ tòn Promēthéā | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Προμηθεῦ Promētheû | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | Προμηθεύς Promētheús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | Προμηθῆος / Προμηθέος Promēthêos / Promēthéos | ||||||||||||
Dative | Προμηθῆῐ̈ / Προμηθέῐ̈ Promēthêï / Promēthéï | ||||||||||||
Accusative | Προμηθῆᾰ / Προμηθέᾰ Promēthêa / Promēthéa | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Προμηθεῦ Promētheû | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Προμηθεύς ho Promētheús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Προμηθέος toû Promēthéos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Προμηθέῐ̈ / Προμηθεῖ tôi Promēthéï / Promētheî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Προμηθέᾰ tòn Promēthéa | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Προμηθεῦ Promētheû | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
edit- προμήθειᾰ (promḗtheia)
- Προμήθειᾰ (Promḗtheia)
- προμήθειον (promḗtheion)
- προμηθευτής (promētheutḗs)
- προμηθεύω (promētheúō)
Descendants
edit- → Arabic: بروميثيوس
- → Bengali: প্রমিথিউস (promithius)
- → Breton: Prometheüs
- → Bulgarian: Прометей (Prometej)
- → Catalan: Prometeu
- → Czech: Prométheus
- → Danish: Prometheus
- → Dutch: Prometheus
- → Finnish: Prometheus
- → French: Prométhée
- → German: Prometheus
- Greek: Προμηθεύς (Promithéfs), Προμηθέας (Promithéas)
- → Hebrew: פרומתאוס
- → Hungarian: Prométheusz
- → Italian: Prometeo
- → Japanese: プロメーテウス (Puromēteusu)
- → Korean: 프로메테우스 (peuromete'useu)
- → Latin: Prometheus
- → Lithuanian: Prometėjas
- → Luxembourgish: Prometheus
- → Norwegian: Prometheus
- → Persian: پرومتئوس
- → Polish: Prometeusz
- → Portuguese: Prometeu
- → Romanian: Prometeu
- → Russian: Промете́й (Prometɛ́j)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Прометеј, Prometej
- → Slovak: Prometeus
- → Slovene: Prometej
- → Spanish: Prometeo
- → Swedish: Prometheus
- → Turkish: Prometheus
- → Urdu: پرومیتھیس
See also
edit- Αἴθων (Aíthōn)
References
edit- “Προμηθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Προμηθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
- Προμηθεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -εύς
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
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