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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.

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Pandora

Pandora

See also: pandora, Pandóra, and Πανδώρα

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Entomophthoraceae – certain fungi not placed within a phylum.

Hypernyms


English

Proper noun

Pandora

  1. (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.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
  3. (astronomy) Short for 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.

Derived terms

Translations


Basque

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

German

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Anagrams


Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora, the world's first woman

Declension

Derived terms

  • Pandoros skrynia

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora (woman who released evil into the world)

Derived terms


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [panˈdora]

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pandǒːra/
  • Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandóra f (Cyrillic spelling Пандо́ра)

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [panˈdoɾa]

Proper noun

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

pandora

pandora

See also: Pandora, Pandóra, and Πανδώρα

English

Noun

pandora (plural pandoras)

  1. Any fish of the genus Pagellus.

Synonyms

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