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Epimetheus en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús, “afterthought, hindsight”).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
  2. A moon of the planet Saturn.

Deriveds

Epimethean

Translations (49)

kl Epimetheusi (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · uz Epimetey (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · ru Эпимете́й (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · be Эпіметэй (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · ca Epimeteu (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · az Epimetey (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · et Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · lt Epimetėjas (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · gl Epimeteo (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · th เอพิมีเทียส (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · mk Епиметеј (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · es Epimeteo (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · fr Épiméthée (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · tr Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · pt Epimeteu (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · fa اپیمتئوس (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · mzn اپیمتئوس (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · af Epimeteus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · iu ᐃᐱᒦᑎᐅᔅ (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · nl Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · pl Epimeteusz (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · he אֶפּימֵתֶאוּס (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · cs Epimétheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · br Epimetheüs (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · sl Epimetej (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · fi Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · sv Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · la Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · bg Епиметей (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · tl Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · hy Էպիմեթևս (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · de Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · ja エピメテウス (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · ro Epimeteu (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · ja エピメーテウス (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · ko 에피메테우스 (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · tl Epimeteo (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · el Επιμηθέας (moon of Saturn) · da Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · sco Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · uk Епіметей (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · it Epimeteo (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · eu Epimeteo (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · id Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · el Επιμηθέας (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · hu Epimétheusz (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · ar ابيمثيوس (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · war Epimetheus (son of Iapetus and Clymene) · grc Ἐπιμηθεύς (son of Iapetus and Clymene)