Epimetheusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/

固有名詞

Epimetheus

1. (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.
2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

派生語

• Epimethean

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ɛ.pɪˈmeː.tʰɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [e.piˈmɛː.t̪eu̯s]

固有名詞

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

1. (Greek mythology) Epimetheus

語形変化

Second-declension noun, singular only.

参照

• “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.