Prometheus

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Prometheus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Castniidae – a single species of South American moth, Prometheus cochrus.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Cossoidea - superfamily; Castniidae - family; Castniinae - subfamily; Gazerini - tribe

• (genus): Prometheus cochrus - sole species

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From Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from πρό (pró, “before”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to think”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmiːθi.əs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/

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Prometheus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek
2. (Greek mythology) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
3. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

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From Latin Promēthe͡us or from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).

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Prometheus m (genitive Prometheus or Prometheus')

1. (Greek mythology) Prometheus

• prometheisch, Prometheisch

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈmeː.tʰeu̯s/, [prɔˈmeːt̪ʰɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈme.teu̯s/, [proˈmɛːt̪eu̯s]

Promētheus m sg (genitive Promētheī or Promētheos); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Prometheus

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Promēthēus
• Promēthīdēs

• “Prŏmētheus (trisyl. )”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Prŏmētheūs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1253.
• “Promētheus” on page 1484/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)