Prometheusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from πρό (pró, “before”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to think”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmiːθi.əs/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/

固有名詞

Prometheus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek
2. (Greek mythology) 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.
3. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Further reading

• Prometheus on Wikipedia.

Latin

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈmeː.tʰeu̯s/, [prɔˈmeːt̪ʰɛu̯s̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈme.teu̯s/, [proˈmɛːt̪eu̯s]

固有名詞

Promētheus m sg (genitive Promētheī または Promētheos); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Prometheus

語形変化

Second-declension noun, singular only.

関連する語

• Promēthēus
• Promēthīdēs

参照

• “Prŏmētheus (trisyl. )”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Prŏmētheūs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1253
• “Promētheus” on page 1484/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)