Prometheus

Prometheus

Translingual

Proper noun

Prometheus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Castniidae – a single species of South American moth, Prometheus cochrus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Cossoidea - superfamily; Castniidae - family; Castniinae - subfamily; Gazerini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Prometheus cochrus - sole species

References

• Prometheus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prometheus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Castniidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Prometheus brings fire to mankind (1817, Heinrich Füger)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from πρό (pró, “before”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to think”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmiːθi.əs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/

Proper noun

Prometheus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek
2. (Greek mythology) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
3. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Translations

Greek mythological figure

Arabic: بْرُومِيثْيُوس‎ m (brumīṯyūs) Armenian: Պրոմեթեւս (hy) (Prometʿews) Catalan: Prometeu m Chinese: Mandarin: 普羅米修斯／普罗米修斯 (zh) (Pǔluómǐxiūsī) Czech: Prométheus m Esperanto: Prometeo Finnish: Prometheus French: Prométhée (fr) m Galician: Prometeo (gl) m German: Prometheus (de) m Greek: Προμηθέας (el) m (Promithéas) Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς (Promētheús) Icelandic: Prómeþeifur m Irish: Proiméitéas m Italian: Prometeo m Japanese: プロメテウス (ja) (Purometeusu) Korean: 프로메테우스 (Peuromete'useu) Latin: Promētheus m Marathi: प्रॉमीथीयस (prŏmīthīyas) Norwegian: Prometeus Polish: Prometeusz (pl) m Portuguese: Prometeu (pt) m Russian: Промете́й (ru) m (Prometɛ́j) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Промѐтеј m Roman: Promètej (sh) m Spanish: Prometeo (es) m Ukrainian: Промете́й m (Prometéj)

Further reading

• Prometheus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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German

Etymology

From Latin Promēthe͡us or from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Prometheus m (genitive Prometheus or Prometheus')

1. (Greek mythology) Prometheus

Related terms

• prometheisch, Prometheisch

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈmeː.tʰeu̯s/, [prɔˈmeːt̪ʰɛu̯s̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈme.teu̯s/, [proˈmɛːt̪eu̯s]

Proper noun

Promēthe͡us m sg (genitive Promētheī or Promētheos); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Prometheus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Promēthe͡us
Genitive	Promētheī Promētheos
Dative	Promētheō
Accusative	Promētheum Promēthea
Ablative	Promētheō
Vocative	Promēthe͡u

Related terms

• Promēthēus
• Promēthīdēs

References

• “Prŏmētheus (trisyl. )”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Prŏmētheūs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1253
• “Promēthe͡us” on page 1484/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)