Iapetus

== English == === Alternative forms === Japetus === Etymology === From Latin Iapetus, from Ancient Greek Ἰαπετός (Iapetós), possibly from Pre-Greek. (moon): Named after the titan. (ocean): The Iapetus Ocean was the predecessor to the Atlantic Ocean, so this name was chosen because Iapetus is the father of Atlas (see Atlantic). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɪˈæpɪtəs/ === Proper noun === Iapetus (Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. Alternative forms: Japetus, Iapetos (astronomy) A moon in Saturnian system, Solar System: The third largest moon of Saturn Alternative form: Japetus (geology) A former ocean between former continent of Laurentia (North America) and former continent of Baltica (Europe): An ancient ocean which existed between 600 and 400 million years ago. Alternative form: Iapetus Ocean Synonyms: Proto-Atlantic, Proto-Atlantic Ocean (biblical, obsolete) Alternative form of Japheth. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “Japethic, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === See also === === Anagrams === Paiutes, taupies == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ᾰπετός (Īăpetós, “Iapetus”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iːˈa.pɛ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈaː.pe.tus] === Proper noun === Īapetus m sg (genitive Īapetī); second declension (Greek mythology) Iapetus ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Īapetīonidēs (patronymic) ==== Descendants ==== → English: Iapetus === References === “Iapetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press