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Definition: Prometheus |
PrometheusNoun1. (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Prometheus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to have foresight". |
Date "Prometheus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Prometheus \Pro*me"the*us\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to have forethought for.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Prometheus |
Literature | Prometheus (3 syl.) made men of clay, and stole fire from heaven to animate them. For this he was chained by Zeus to Mount Caucasus, where an eagle preyed on his liver daily. The word means Forethought, and one of his brothers was Epimetheus or Afterthought. "Faster bound to Aaron's charming eyes Than is Prometheus tied to Caucasus." Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, ii. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Greek mythology, Prometheus ("forethought") is the Titan who stole fire from the gods and brought it to mortals for their use. He further irritated Zeus by offering the gods in settlement burnt sacrifice of the less appetizing portions of the sacrificial animals. As punishment, he was chained to a rock in the Caucasus where a vulture or an eagle named Ethon would eat out his liver; it would grow back each day and the vulture would eat it again. Eventually he was freed by Heracles and returned to Olympus. As the introducer of fire and inventor of sacrifice he is seen as the patron of human civilization. Uncertain sources claim he was worshipped in ancient Rome.
He was the father of Deucalion with Celaeno.
The chaining of Prometheus to the rock was by some ancient writers compared to a crucifixion.
The cloned horse Prometea is named after this Titan.
In astronomy, Prometheus is a moon of Saturn.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Voyager 2 |
| Discovered in | 1980 | Orbital characteristics |
| Semimajor axis | 139,350 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0024 |
| Orbital period | 14h 42m 42s |
| Inclination | 0° |
| Is a satellite of | Saturn |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 50.1 km |
| Surface area | km2 |
| Mass | 3.3×1017 kg |
| Mean density | 0.63 g/cm3 |
| Surface gravity | 0.0087m/s2 |
| Rotation period | unknown |
| Axial tilt | 0° |
| Albedo | 0.6 |
| Atmosphere | none |
Prometheus is a moon of Saturn, named after Prometheus from Greek mythology. It was discovered in 1980 from Voyager photos. Prometheus acts as a shepherd satellite for the inner edge of Saturn's F ring.
This small moon is extremely elongated about 148 by 100 by 68 kilometers. It has several ridges and valleys and a number of craters about 20 kilometers are visible, but it is less cratered than nearby Pandora, Epimetheus and Janus. From its very low density and relatively high albedo, it seems likely that Prometheus is a very porous icy body. There is a lot of uncertainty in these values, however, and so this remains to be confirmed.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Prometheus."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PROMETHEUS | English | Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety | N/A |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Life | Vivification; vital force; vitalization; revivification; Prometheus; life to come. (destiny). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prometheus |
| English words defined with "Prometheus": Epimetheus ♦ Giant fennel ♦ Iapetus ♦ Promethean. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Prometheus": Gourmand's Prayer ♦ Promethean Unguent. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Prometheus": Promethea. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Prometheus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (Prometheus), German (Prometheus). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Prometheus (1962) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | USS South Dakota (BB-57) and two destroyers alongside USS Prometheus (AR-3) for repairs, probably at Noumea, New Caledonia, in November 1942. The inboard destroyer, with the distorted bow, is probably USS Mahan (DD-364), which was damaged in a collision with South Dakota at the close of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 27 October 1942. South Dakota received damage in both that battle and in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942. The other destroyer may be USS Lamson (DD-367). Credit: NAVY. |  | Mr. William Snaith, Weston, Connecticut, group of paintings. Prometheus. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Prometheus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Prometheus" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (common) | 5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Prometheus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Prometeu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محب العمل, اله النار الذي يرمز للحضارة الأولى, برومثيوسي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Прометей. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Program for et europæisk trafiksystem med den størst mulige effektivitet og sikkerhed (Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Prometheus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Prometeo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Prométhée, Système de trafic européen de la plus haute efficacité et sécurité sans précédent (Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Prometheus, Programm für ein europäisches Verkehrssystem von höchster Effizienz und Sicherheit (Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρόγραμμα για ευρωπαϊκό σύστημα κυκλοφορίας με τη μέγιστη αποτελεσματικότητα και κορυφαία ασφάλεια (Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety), ρομηθέασ, ρομηθεύσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Prométheusz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Prometeo (promethium), Programma per un sistema di traffico europeo all'insegna della massima efficienza e sicurezza (Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | プロペラ船 (air propeller boat, professional wrestling, project manager, proletarian, proletariat, promenade, promethium, prominence, promote, promoter, promotion, promotion video, proportion, proposal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プロメテウス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ometheuspray prometeu, Programa para um Sistema Europeu de Tráfego com a mais Elevada Eficiência e de Segurança sem Precedentes (Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety). (various references) Прометей. (various references) prometej. (various references) Prometeo (promethium), Programa para un Sistema Europeo de Tráfico de Extrema Eficacia y Seguridad (Programme for a European Traffic System with highest efficiency and unprecedented safety). (various references) Prometeus. (various references) Прометей. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Prometheus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: promethius. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Prometheus" (pronounced 'Pro*me"the*us'): Abaciscus, Abaculus, Abacus, Abdominous, Abgeordnetenhaus, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acanthus, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acarus, Accismus, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acinus, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-m-o-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: euphroes, mouthers, permutes, superhot, theorems, thumpers. | |
-3 letters: emoters, euphroe, heptose, heteros, hotspur, meteors, metopes, mothers, mouther, oestrum, permute, petrous, posture, pothers, pouters, presume, proteus, rehouse, remotes, reputes, shouter, smother, souther, spouter, stomper, strophe, stumper, sumpter, supreme, supremo, tempehs, tempers, theorem, thermes, thermos, thorpes, threeps, thumper, toupees, trompes, troupes, uphroes. | |
-4 letters: emoter, emotes, ephors. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-m-o-p-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: hemipterous. | |
+3 letters: hymenopterous, thermocouples. | |
+4 letters: computerphobes, pneumatophores, pneumothoraces, pneumothoraxes. | |
+5 letters: immunotherapies. | |
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