Epimetheus

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús, “afterthought, hindsight”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/ === 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 ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.pɪˈmeː.tʰɛu̯s] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.piˈmɛː.teu̯s] === Proper noun === Epimētheus m sg (genitive Epimētheī or Epimētheos); second declension (Greek mythology) Epimetheus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === 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