Iapetus
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The moon Iapetus
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Etymology
Ancient Greek Ἰαπετός (Iapetós).
- (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
Proper noun
Iapetus
- (Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
- (astronomy) The third largest moon of Saturn
- (geology) An ancient ocean which existed between 600 and 400 million years ago.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 184:
- So, in the early Ordovician, Iapetus was wide enough to have one side in high latitudes and the other in the tropics: a massive ocean, indeed.
Synonyms
- (ocean): Proto-Atlantic, Proto-Atlantic Ocean
Derived terms
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Translations
the Titan
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the moon of Saturn
References
- ^ Wells, John (2010 April 14) “Iapetus and tonotopy”, in John Wells's phonetic blog, retrieved 21 April 2010
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ᾰπετός (Īapetós, “Iapetus”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Īapetus m sg (genitive Īapetī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Iapetus
- 303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.10.7:
- Prometheus ex Iapeto natus est
- Prometheus himself was born from Iapetus
- Prometheus ex Iapeto natus est
Inflection
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Īapetus |
| Genitive | Īapetī |
| Dative | Īapetō |
| Accusative | Īapetum |
| Ablative | Īapetō |
| Vocative | Īapete |
Related terms
- Īapetīonidēs (patronymic)
Descendants
- → English: Iapetus
References
- “Iapetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press