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Prometheus
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Translingual
thumb|Prometheus cochrus species 0
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Castniidae family certain moths
Hypernyms
genus ; Glossata suborder suborder; Heteroneura infraorder infraorder; Cossoidea superfamily superfamily; Castniidae family family; Castniinae subfamily subfamily; Gazerini tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Prometheus annae species, Prometheus cochrus species, Prometheus cononia species, Prometheus ecuadoria species, Prometheus heliconioides species, Prometheus mimica species, Prometheus personata species, Prometheus polymorpha species, Prometheus simulans species, Prometheus zagraea species species
References
Prometheus (genus) Prometheus (genus)
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English
thumb|250px|Prometheus brings fire to mankind (1817, Heinrich Füger)
Etymology
en ine-pro *men- (think)
From en grc Προμηθεύς, from grc πρό before + grc μανθάνω to think.
Pronunciation
en /pɹəˈmiːθi.əs/ RP
en /pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Prometheus.wav US
Proper noun
en male Ancient Greek.
en Greek god 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.
en astronomy A moon of the planet Saturn.
Derived terms
en Promethean promethium
Translations
Greek mythological figure
Afrikaans: af Prometeus, af Prometheus
Albanian: sq Prometeu
Arabic: ar بْرُومِيثْيُوس m brumīṯyūs
Egyptian Arabic: arz بروميثيوس
Armenian: hy Պրոմեթեւս, hy Պրոմեթևս
Asturian: ast Prometéu
Azerbaijani: az Prometey
Bashkir: ba Прометей
Basque: eu Prometeo
Belarusian: be Праметэй
Bengali: bn প্রমিথিউস
Breton: br Prometheüs
Bulgarian: bg Прометей
Burmese: my ပရာမီးသီးယပ်စ်
Catalan: ca Prometeu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 普羅米修斯 Pǔluómǐxiūsī
Chuvash: cv Прометей
Czech: cs Prométheus m
Danish: da Prometheus
Dutch: nl Prometheus
Esperanto: eo Prometeo
Estonian: et Prometheus
Extremaduran: ext Prometeu
Finnish: fi Prometheus, fi Prometheas, fi Prometeus
French: fr Prométhée m
Galician: gl Prometeo m
Georgian: ka პრომეთე
German: de Prometheus m
Greek: el Προμηθέας m
Ancient Greek: grc Προμηθεύς
Hebrew: he פרומתאוס
Hungarian: hu Prométheusz
Icelandic: is Prómeþeifur m
Indonesian: id Prometheus
Irish: ga Proiméitéas m
Italian: it Prometeo m
Japanese: ja プロメテウス Purometeusu
Javanese: jv Prométhéus
Kazakh: kk Прометей
Korean: ko ^프로메테우스
Kyrgyz: ky Прометей
Latin: la Promētheus m
Latvian: lv Prometejs
Lithuanian: lt Prometėjas
Luxembourgish: lb Prometheus
Macedonian: mk Прометеј
Malay: ms Prometheus
Marathi: mr प्रॉमीथीयस
Mongolian: mn Прометей
Norwegian: no Prometeus
Occitan: oc Prometèu
Persian: fa پرومته, fa پرومتئوس
Polish: pl Prometeusz m
Portuguese: pt Prometeu m
Punjabi: pa ਪ੍ਰੋਮੀਥੀਅਸ
Western Punjabi: pnb پرومیتھیس
Romanian: ro Prometeu
Russian: ru Промете́й m Prometɛ́j
Scots: sco Prometheus
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Промѐтеј m
Latin: sh Promètej m
Slovak: sk Prometeus, sk Prométheus, sk Prometheus
Slovene: sl Prometej
Spanish: es Prometeo m
Swahili: sw Prometheus
Swedish: sv Prometheus
Tagalog: tl Prometeo, tl Prometheus
Tajik: tg Прометей
Tatar: tt Прометей
Thai: th โพรมีเทียส
Turkish: tr Prometheus
Ukrainian: uk Промете́й m
Urdu: ur پرومیتھیس
Uzbek: uz Prometey
Vietnamese: vi Prometheus
Waray-Waray: war Prometheus
Welsh: cy Promethëws
Yakut: sah Прометей
Further reading
en Fire Moons of Saturn
Danish
da:
Etymology
From da grc Προμηθεύς.
Proper noun
da proper noun genitive Prometheus'
da Greek god en Prometheus
da Greek deities Mythology
German
Etymology
From de la Prometheus Promēthe͡us or from de grc Προμηθεύς.
Pronunciation
de De-Prometheus.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun m genitive Prometheus or Prometheus'
de Greek god Prometheus
Related terms
de prometheisch, de Prometheisch
Latin
Etymology
la Promētheus :bor grc:Προμηθεύς + 1
Pronunciation
Promēthe_us
Proper noun
Promētheus<2> Promētheus Promētheī/Promētheos Promētheum/Promēthea Promētheu
la Greek mythology en Prometheus
Declension
Promētheus<2> Promētheus Promētheī/Promētheos Promētheum/Promēthea Promētheu
Related terms
la Promēthēus
la Promēthīdēs
References
Prŏmētheus (trisyl. ) Prometheus
Prŏmētheūs 1253
1 Promētheus 1484/2