Epimetheus

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

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Epimetheus

1. (Greek mythology) 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. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

• Epimethean

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.pɪˈmeː.tʰɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.piˈmɛː.t̪eu̯s]

Epimētheus m sg (genitive Epimētheī or Epimētheos); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Epimetheus

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Epimetheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Epimetheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Epimetheus

1. (Greek mythology) Epimetheus