Ἐπιμηθεύς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπιμηθής (epimēthḗs, “thoughtful”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn, to know”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.mɛː.tʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.me̝ˈtʰews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.miˈθeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.miˈθefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.miˈθefs/
Proper noun
Ἐπῐμηθεύς • (Epimētheús) m (genitive Ἐπῐμηθέως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἐπιμηθεύς ho Epimētheús | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐπιμηθέως toû Epimēthéōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐπιμηθεῖ tôi Epimētheî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐπιμηθέᾱ tòn Epimēthéā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐπιμηθεῦ Epimētheû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Επιμηθεύς (Epimithéfs); Επιμηθέας (Epimithéas)
- → Latin: Epimētheus
See also
- Προμηθεύς (Promētheús)
Further reading
- “Ἐπιμηθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἐπιμηθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009