Pandora
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Pandora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Entomophthoraceae – certain fungi not placed within a phylum.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Eomycota - subkingdom; Zygomycota - phylum; Entomophthoromycotina - subphylum; Entomophthorales - order; Entomophthoraceae - family
Hypernyms
- (genus): Pandora neoaphidis - type species
References
- Pandora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pandora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Entomophthoraceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/
Proper noun
Pandora
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pandoɾa/ [pãn̪.d̪o.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra
Declension
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Pandora |
ergative | Pandorak |
dative | Pandorari |
genitive | Pandoraren |
comitative | Pandorarekin |
causative | Pandorarengatik |
benefactive | Pandorarentzat |
instrumental | Pandoraz |
inessive | Pandorarengan |
locative | — |
allative | Pandorarengana |
terminative | Pandorarenganaino |
directive | Pandorarenganantz |
destinative | Pandorarenganako |
ablative | Pandorarengandik |
partitive | Pandorarik |
prolative | Pandoratzat |
Further reading
- “82.- Grezia eta Erromako pertsonaia mitologikoak [Greek and Roman mythological characters]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 1998
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑndorɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝ndo̞rɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑndorɑ
- Syllabification(key): Pan‧do‧ra
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /panˈdoː.ra/, [pän̪ˈd̪oːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /panˈdo.ra/, [pän̪ˈd̪ɔːrä]
Proper noun
Pandōra f sg (genitive Pandōrae); first declension
- Pandora
- (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis historia, 36, 19 — C. Plini Secundi naturalis historiae libri XXXVII. Recognovit atque indicibus instruxit Ludovicus Ianus. Vol. V. Libb. XXXIII–XXXVII. Lipsia, 1878, p. 108:
- in basi autem quod caelatum est Pandoras genesin appellavit, di sunt nascenti adstantes XX numero.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The Natural History of Pliny. Translated, with copious notes and illustrations by the late John Bostock and H. T. Riley. Vol. VI. With general index. London, 1857, p. 311:
- To the story chased upon the pedestal of the statue the name of the "Birth of Pandora"29 has been given; and the figures of new-born30 gods to be seen upon it are no less than twenty in number.
29 "Pandoras Genesis."
30 Sillig is of opinion that this passage is corrupt, and is inclined to think, with Panofka, that the reading should be "nascenti adstantes," – gods "standing by the new-born" Pandora
- (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis historia, 36, 19 — C. Plini Secundi naturalis historiae libri XXXVII. Recognovit atque indicibus instruxit Ludovicus Ianus. Vol. V. Libb. XXXIII–XXXVII. Lipsia, 1878, p. 108:
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Pandōra |
Genitive | Pandōrae |
Dative | Pandōrae |
Accusative | Pandōram |
Ablative | Pandōrā |
Vocative | Pandōra |
References
- “Pandora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pandora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Declension
Derived terms
- Pandoros skrynia
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /panˈdɔ.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔra
- Syllabification: Pan‧do‧ra
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɐ̃ˈdɔ.ɾɐ/
Derived terms
Romanian
Alternative forms
- Пандора (Pandora) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /panˈdo.ra/
- Rhymes: -ora
- Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pandǒːra/
- Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /panˈdoɾa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪o.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: Pan‧do‧ra
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Pandora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Related terms
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).