Iapetionides

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek [Term?], from Ἰαπετός (Iapetós) + -ίδης (-ídēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.a.pɛ.tiːˈɔ.nɪ.deːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.a.pe.t͡siˈɔː.ni.des] === Proper noun === Īapetīonidēs m (genitive Īapetīonidae); first declension A patronymic for male descendants of Iapetus, particularly: Atlas (son of Iapetus, condemned to hold the heavens upon his shoulders for all eternity) Prometheus (son of Iapetus, brought fire to humans and consequently started civilization) Epimetheus (son of Iapetus, the more foolish of the twin brothers) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Related terms ==== Īapetus === References === “Iapetionides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press