Ἐπιμηθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιμηθής (epimēthḗs, “thoughtful”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn, to know”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἐπῐμηθεύς • (Epĭmētheús) m (genitive Ἐπῐμηθέως); third declension

  1. Epimetheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐπιμηθεύς; τοῦ Ἐπιμηθέως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἐπιμηθεύς
ho Epimētheús
Genitive τοῦ Ἐπιμηθέως
toû Epimēthéōs
Dative τῷ Ἐπιμηθεῖ
tōî Epimētheî
Accusative τὸν Ἐπιμηθέᾱ
tòn Epimēthéā
Vocative Ἐπιμηθεῦ
Epimētheû
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Επιμηθεύς (Epimithéfs); Επιμηθέας (Epimithéas)
  • → Latin: Epimētheus

See also

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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
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