Iapetionides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?], from Ἰαπετός (Iapetós) + -ίδης (-ídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iː.a.pe.tiːˈo.ni.deːs/, [iːäpɛt̪iːˈɔnɪd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.a.pe.tiˈo.ni.des/, [iäpet̪iˈɔːnid̪es]

Proper noun

Īapetīonidēs m (genitive Īapetīonidae); first declension

1. A patronymic for male descendants of Iapetus, particularly:
   1. Atlas (son of Iapetus, condemned to hold the heavens upon his shoulders for all eternity)
   2. Prometheus (son of Iapetus, brought fire to humans and consequently started civilization)
   3. Epimetheus (son of Iapetus, the more foolish of the twin brothers)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Īapetīonidēs	Īapetīonidae
Genitive	Īapetīonidae	Īapetīonidārum
Dative	Īapetīonidae	Īapetīonidīs
Accusative	Īapetīonidēn	Īapetīonidās
Ablative	Īapetīonidē	Īapetīonidīs
Vocative	Īapetīonidē	Īapetīonidae

Related terms

• Īapetus

References

• “Iapetionides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press