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Webster 1913 Edition
Pandora
Pan-do′ra
,p
rop.
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
Πανδώρα
; πᾶς
, πᾶν
, all + δῶρον
a gift.] 1.
(Class. Myth.)
A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom
Jupiter
caused Vulcan
to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus
had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter
gave Pandora
a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. 2.
(Zool.)
A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.
Definition 2024
Pandora
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
English
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) Short for 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.
Derived terms
Translations
Character in Greek mythology
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Asteroid
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora f
Declension
declension of Pandora
Derived terms
- Pandoros skrynia
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Proper noun
Pandora f
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [panˈdora]
Proper noun
Pandora f
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pandǒːra/
- Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra
Proper noun
Pandóra f (Cyrillic spelling Пандо́ра)
Declension
Declension of Pandora
singular | |
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nominative | Pandora |
genitive | Pandore |
dative | Pandori |
accusative | Pandoru |
vocative | Pandoro / Pandora |
locative | Pandori |
instrumental | Pandorom |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [panˈdoɾa]
Proper noun
Pandora f