Pandora

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See also: pandora, Pandóra, and Pandorą

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Etymology[edit]

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Pandora f

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

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, all gifts).

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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) 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.

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Basque[edit]

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pandoɾa/ [pãn̪.d̪o.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora anim

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

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Catalan[edit]

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑndorɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝ndo̞rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑndorɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

Pandora

  1. Rōmaji transcription of パンドラ

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

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Pandōra f sg (genitive Pandōrae); first declension

  1. 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

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pandōra
Genitive Pandōrae
Dative Pandōrae
Accusative Pandōram
Ablative Pandōrā
Vocative Pandōra

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

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

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Luxembourgish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Norwegian[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /panˈdɔ.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Syllabification: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

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Further reading[edit]

  • Pandora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Pandora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

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

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Romanian[edit]

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Pandóra f (Cyrillic spelling Пандо́ра)

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /panˈdoɾa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪o.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora f

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Pandora c (genitive Pandoras)

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

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Turkish[edit]

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun[edit]

Pandora

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora