Ἐπιμηθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιμηθής (epimēthḗs, “thoughtful”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn, to know”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.mɛː.tʰěu̯s/ → /e.pi.miˈθeɸs/ → /e.pi.miˈθefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.mɛː.tʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.me̝ˈtʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.miˈθeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.miˈθefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.miˈθefs/

Proper noun

Ἐπῐμηθεύς • (Epimētheús) m (genitive Ἐπῐμηθέως); third declension

1. Epimetheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐπιμηθεύς; τοῦ Ἐπιμηθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐπιμηθεύς ho Epimētheús
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐπιμηθέως toû Epimēthéōs
Dative	τῷ Ἐπιμηθεῖ tôi Epimētheî
Accusative	τὸν Ἐπιμηθέᾱ tòn Epimēthéā
Vocative	Ἐπιμηθεῦ Epimētheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Επιμηθεύς (Epimithéfs); Επιμηθέας (Epimithéas)
• → Latin: Epimētheus

See also

• Προμηθεύς (Promētheús)

Further reading

• “Ἐπιμηθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἐπιμηθεύς”, 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 1,009