Epimetheus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús, “afterthought, hindsight”).
Proper noun edit
Epimetheus
- (Greek mythology) Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
- (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
son of Iapetus and Clymene
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.piˈmeː.tʰeu̯s/, [ɛpɪˈmeːt̪ʰɛu̯s̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.piˈme.teu̯s/, [epiˈmɛːt̪eu̯s]
Proper noun edit
Epimētheus m sg (genitive Epimētheī or Epimētheos); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Epimētheus |
Genitive | Epimētheī Epimētheos |
Dative | Epimētheō |
Accusative | Epimētheum Epimēthea |
Ablative | Epimētheō |
Vocative | Epimētheu |
References edit
- “Epimetheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Epimetheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Turkish edit
Proper noun edit
Epimetheus