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Prometheus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : Prŏmētheus (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., =Προμηθεύς (the Forethinker)
* A son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother of Epimetheus, and father of Deucalion. He formed men of clay, and animated them by means of fire brought from heaven; for which he was fastened to Caucasus, where a vulture, or, as some say, an eagle, fed upon his entrails, until, at last, it was slain by Hercules,Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 76; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 16, 13; Ov. M. 1, 82; Hyg. Fab. 54; 144; Verg. E. 6, 42; Prop. 3, 3, 29 (4, 4, 7); Mart. 11, 85, 9; Stat. Th. 11, 478; Lact. 2, 10, 5.—Poet., transf., of a skilful potter, Juv. 4, 133.—Hence
* Prŏmēthēus, a, um, , of or belonging to Prometheus, Promethean: juga,i. e. the Caucasus,Prop. 1, 12, 10; also called rupes,Mart. 9, 46, 3: fibra,of Prometheus,Val. Fl. 7, 356: creta, Col. poët. 10, 59: lutum,Mart. 10, 39, 4: cruor,Ov. Am. 2, 16, 40: manus,Stat. Th. 8, 305.
* Prŏmēthĭădes, ae, m.patron., the son of Prometheus, Deucalion, Ov. M. 1, 390.
* A son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother of Epimetheus, and father of Deucalion. He formed men of clay, and animated them by means of fire brought from heaven; for which he was fastened to Caucasus, where a vulture, or, as some say, an eagle, fed upon his entrails, until, at last, it was slain by Hercules,Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 76; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 16, 13; Ov. M. 1, 82; Hyg. Fab. 54; 144; Verg. E. 6, 42; Prop. 3, 3, 29 (4, 4, 7); Mart. 11, 85, 9; Stat. Th. 11, 478; Lact. 2, 10, 5.—Poet., transf., of a skilful potter, Juv. 4, 133.—Hence
* Prŏmēthēus, a, um, , of or belonging to Prometheus, Promethean: juga,i. e. the Caucasus,Prop. 1, 12, 10; also called rupes,Mart. 9, 46, 3: fibra,of Prometheus,Val. Fl. 7, 356: creta, Col. poët. 10, 59: lutum,Mart. 10, 39, 4: cruor,Ov. Am. 2, 16, 40: manus,Stat. Th. 8, 305.
* Prŏmēthĭădes, ae, m.patron., the son of Prometheus, Deucalion, Ov. M. 1, 390.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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