Pandora
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Pandora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Entomophthoraceae – certain fungi not placed within a phylum.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Eomycota - subkingdom; Zygomycota - phylum; Entomophthoromycotina - subphylum; Entomophthorales - order; Entomophthoraceae - family
Hypernyms
- (genus): Pandora neoaphidis - type species
References
- Pandora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pandora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Entomophthoraceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora
- (Greek mythology) The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
- (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
- (astronomy) 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora anim
Declension
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Pandora |
ergative | Pandorak |
dative | Pandorari |
genitive | Pandoraren |
comitative | Pandorarekin |
causative | Pandorarengatik |
benefactive | Pandorarentzat |
instrumental | Pandoraz |
inessive | Pandorarengan |
locative | — |
allative | Pandorarengana |
terminative | Pandorarenganaino |
directive | Pandorarenganantz |
destinative | Pandorarenganako |
ablative | Pandorarengandik |
partitive | Pandorarik |
prolative | Pandoratzat |
Further reading
- “82.- Grezia eta Erromako pertsonaia mitologikoak [Greek and Roman mythological characters]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 1998
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora f
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora f
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora f
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora f
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Pandora
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /panˈdoː.ra/, [pän̪ˈd̪oːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /panˈdo.ra/, [pän̪ˈd̪ɔːrä]
Proper noun
Pandōra f sg (genitive Pandōrae); first declension
- Pandora
- (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis historia, 36, 19 — C. Plini Secundi naturalis historiae libri XXXVII. Recognovit atque indicibus instruxit Ludovicus Ianus. Vol. V. Libb. XXXIII–XXXVII. Lipsia, 1878, p. 108:
- in basi autem quod caelatum est Pandoras genesin appellavit, di sunt nascenti adstantes XX numero.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The Natural History of Pliny. Translated, with copious notes and illustrations by the late John Bostock and H. T. Riley. Vol. VI. With general index. London, 1857, p. 311:
- To the story chased upon the pedestal of the statue the name of the "Birth of Pandora"29 has been given; and the figures of new-born30 gods to be seen upon it are no less than twenty in number.
29 "Pandoras Genesis."
30 Sillig is of opinion that this passage is corrupt, and is inclined to think, with Panofka, that the reading should be "nascenti adstantes," – gods "standing by the new-born" Pandora
- (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis historia, 36, 19 — C. Plini Secundi naturalis historiae libri XXXVII. Recognovit atque indicibus instruxit Ludovicus Ianus. Vol. V. Libb. XXXIII–XXXVII. Lipsia, 1878, p. 108:
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Pandōra |
Genitive | Pandōrae |
Dative | Pandōrae |
Accusative | Pandōram |
Ablative | Pandōrā |
Vocative | Pandōra |
References
- “Pandora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pandora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora f
Declension
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora f
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora f
Declension
Further reading
- Pandora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Pandora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora f
Derived terms
Romanian
Alternative forms
- Пандора (Pandora) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora f
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandóra f (Cyrillic spelling Пандо́ра)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pandora f
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Pandora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Pandora c (genitive Pandoras)
Related terms
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora
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