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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek , from Ἰαπετός (Iapetós) + -ίδης (-ídēs).
Pronunciation
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 with nominative singular in -ēs).
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