Προμηθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προμηθής (promēthḗs, “forethinking”) +‎ -εύς (-eús), from πρό (pró) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn, to know”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.mɛː.tʰěu̯s/ → /pro.miˈθeɸs/ → /pro.miˈθefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.mɛː.tʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.me̝ˈtʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.miˈθeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.miˈθefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.miˈθefs/

Proper noun

Προμηθεύς • (Promētheús) m (genitive Προμηθέως); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Prometheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Προμηθεύς; τοῦ Προμηθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Προμηθεύς ho Promētheús
Genitive	τοῦ Προμηθέως toû Promēthéōs
Dative	τῷ Προμηθεῖ tôi Promētheî
Accusative	τὸν Προμηθέᾱ tòn Promēthéā
Vocative	Προμηθεῦ Promētheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Προμηθεύς; Προμηθῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Προμηθεύς Promētheús
Genitive	Προμηθῆος / Προμηθέος Promēthêos / Promēthéos
Dative	Προμηθῆῐ̈ / Προμηθέῐ̈ Promēthêï / Promēthéï
Accusative	Προμηθῆᾰ / Προμηθέᾰ Promēthêa / Promēthéa
Vocative	Προμηθεῦ Promētheû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ Προμηθεύς; τοῦ Προμηθέος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Προμηθεύς ho Promētheús
Genitive	τοῦ Προμηθέος toû Promēthéos
Dative	τῷ Προμηθέῐ̈ / Προμηθεῖ tôi Promēthéï / Promētheî
Accusative	τὸν Προμηθέᾰ tòn Promēthéa
Vocative	Προμηθεῦ Promētheû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• προμήθειᾰ (promḗtheia)
• Προμήθειᾰ (Promḗtheia)
• προμήθειον (promḗtheion)
• προμηθευτής (promētheutḗs)
• προμηθεύω (promētheúō)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بروميثيوس
• → Bengali: প্রমিথিউস (promithius)
• → Breton: Prometheüs
• → Bulgarian: Прометей (Prometej)
• → Catalan: Prometeu
• → Czech: Prométheus
• → Danish: Prometheus
• → Dutch: Prometheus
• → Finnish: Prometheus
• → French: Prométhée
• → German: Prometheus
• Greek: Προμηθεύς (Promithéfs), Προμηθέας (Promithéas)
• → Hebrew: פרומתאוס
• → Hungarian: Prométheusz
• → Italian: Prometeo
• → Japanese: プロメーテウス (Puromēteusu)
• → Korean: 프로메테우스 (peuromete'useu)
• → Latin: Prometheus
• → Lithuanian: Prometėjas
• → Luxembourgish: Prometheus
• → Norwegian: Prometheus
• → Persian: پرومتئوس
• → Polish: Prometeusz
• → Portuguese: Prometeu
• → Romanian: Prometeu
• → Russian: Промете́й (Prometɛ́j)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Прометеј, Prometej
• → Slovak: Prometeus
• → Slovene: Prometej
• → Spanish: Prometeo
• → Swedish: Prometheus
• → Turkish: Prometheus
• → Urdu: پرومیتھیس

See also

• Αἴθων (Aíthōn)

References

• “Προμηθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Προμηθεύς”, 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 1,023
• Προμηθεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette