Epimetheus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús, “afterthought, hindsight”).

Proper noun

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

Epimethean

Translations

son of Iapetus and Clymene

Afrikaans: Epimeteus
Arabic: ابيمثيوس
Armenian: Էպիմեթևս (hy) (Ēpimetʻews)
Azerbaijani: Epimetey
Basque: Epimeteo (eu)
Belarusian: Эпіметэй (Epimjetej)
Breton: Epimetheüs
Bulgarian: Епиметей (Epimetej)
Catalan: Epimeteu
Czech: Epimétheus
Danish: Epimetheus
Dutch: Epimetheus
Estonian: Epimetheus
Finnish: Epimetheus
French: Épiméthée (fr)
Galician: Epimeteo (gl)
German: Epimetheus
Greek: Επιμηθέας (el) m (Epimithéas)
Greenlandic: Epimetheusi
Hebrew: אֶפּימֵתֶאוּס
Hungarian: Epimétheusz
Indonesian: Epimetheus
Inuktitut: ᐃᐱᒦᑎᐅᔅ (ipimiitios)
Italian: Epimeteo
Japanese: エピメーテウス (ja) (Epimēteusu), エピメテウス (ja) (Epimeteusu)
Korean: 에피메테우스 (epimete'useu)
Latin: Epimetheus
Lithuanian: Epimetėjas
Macedonian: Епиметеј (Epimetej)
Mazanderani: اپیمتئوس
Persian: اپیمتئوس
Polish: Epimeteusz
Portuguese: Epimeteu
Romanian: Epimeteu
Russian: Эпимете́й m (Epimetéj)
Scots: Epimetheus
Slovene: Epimetej
Spanish: Epimeteo
Swedish: Epimetheus
Tagalog: Epimeteo, Epimetheus
Thai: เอพิมีเทียส
Turkish: Epimetheus
Ukrainian: Епіметей (Epimetej)
Uzbek: Epimetey
Waray-Waray: Epimetheus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈmeː.tʰeu̯s/, [ɛpɪˈmeːt̪ʰɛu̯s̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈme.teu̯s/, [epiˈmɛːt̪eu̯s]

Proper noun

Epimētheus m sg (genitive Epimētheī or Epimētheos); second declension

(Greek mythology) Epimetheus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Epimētheus
Genitive	Epimētheī Epimētheos
Dative	Epimētheō
Accusative	Epimētheum Epimēthea
Ablative	Epimētheō
Vocative	Epimētheu

References

“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

Proper noun

Epimetheus

(Greek mythology) Epimetheus

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