Iapetionides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?], from Ἰαπετός (Iapetós) + -ίδης (-ídēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Īapetīonidēs m (genitive Īapetīonidae); first declension

  1. A patronymic for male descendants of Iapetus, particularly:
    1. Atlas (son of Iapetus, condemned to hold the heavens upon his shoulders for all eternity)
    2. Prometheus (son of Iapetus, brought fire to humans and consequently started civilization)
    3. Epimetheus (son of Iapetus, the more foolish of the twin brothers)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

singular plural
nominative Īapetīonidēs Īapetīonidae
genitive Īapetīonidae Īapetīonidārum
dative Īapetīonidae Īapetīonidīs
accusative Īapetīonidēn Īapetīonidās
ablative Īapetīonidē Īapetīonidīs
vocative Īapetīonidē Īapetīonidae

References

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