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
References
Pandora (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pandora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Entomophthoraceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra, “all gifts”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/
Proper noun
Pandora
Derived terms
Translations
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Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandōra f (genitive Pandōrae); first declension
- Pandora
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
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).
Declension
Derived terms
- Pandoros skrynia
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [panˈdora]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pandǒːra/
- Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | Pandora |
genitive | Pandore |
dative | Pandori |
accusative | Pandoru |
vocative | Pandoro / Pandora |
locative | Pandori |
instrumental | Pandorom |
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).