Ἐπιμηθεύς
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Ἐπιμηθεύς
Ἐπιμηθέως
Structure:
Ἐπιμηθευ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- Epi-metheus, after-thought, Pro-metheus, fore-thought
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δόλον αἰπὺν ἀμήχανον ἐξετέλεσσεν, εἰσ Ἐπιμηθέα πέμπε πατὴρ κλυτὸν Ἀργεϊφόντην δῶρον ἄγοντα, θεῶν ταχὺν ἄγγελον· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 13:1)
- οὐδ’ Ἐπιμηθεὺσ ἐφράσαθ’, ὥσ οἱ ἐείπε Προμηθεὺσ μή ποτε δῶρον δέξασθαι πὰρ Ζηνὸσ Ὀλυμπίου, ἀλλ’ ἀποπέμπειν ἐξοπίσω, μή πού τι κακὸν θνητοῖσι γένηται. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 13:2)
- τίκτε δ’ ὑπερκύδαντα Μενοίτιον ἠδὲ Προμηθέα ποικίλον αἰολόμητιν, ἁμαρτίνοόν τ’ Ἐπιμηθέα ὃσ κακὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ γένετ’ ἀνδράσιν ἀλφηστῇσιν· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 48:3)
- Ιαπετοῦ δὲ καὶ Ἀσίασ Ἄτλασ, ὃσ ἔχει τοῖσ ὤμοισ τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ Προμηθεὺσ καὶ Ἐπιμηθεὺσ καὶ Μενοίτιοσ, ὃν κεραυνώσασ ἐν τῇ τιτανομαχία Ζεὺσ κατεταρτάρωσεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 2 3:1)
- Προμηθέα δὲ παραιτεῖται Ἐπιμηθεὺσ αὐτὸσ νεῖμαι, "νείμαντοσ δέ μου," ἔφη, "ἐπίσκεψαι· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 100:2)
- ἅτε δὴ οὖν οὐ πάνυ τι σοφὸσ ὢν ὁ Ἐπιμηθεὺσ ἔλαθεν αὑτὸν καταναλώσασ τὰσ δυνάμεισ εἰσ τὰ ἄλογα· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 104:4)
- " ἐγὼ οὖν, ὦ Πρωταγόρα, πάντα ταῦτα καθορῶν ἄνω κάτω ταραττόμενα δεινῶσ, πᾶσαν προθυμίαν ἔχω καταφανῆ αὐτὰ γενέσθαι, καὶ βουλοίμην ἂν ταῦτα διεξελθόντασ ἡμᾶσ ἐξελθεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὅτι ἔστιν, καὶ πάλιν ἐπισκέψασθαι περὶ αὐτοῦ εἴτε διδακτὸν εἴτε μὴ διδακτόν, μὴ πολλάκισ ἡμᾶσ ὁ Ἐπιμηθεὺσ ἐκεῖνοσ καὶ ἐν τῇ σκέψει σφήλῃ ἐξαπατήσασ, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τῇ διανομῇ ἠμέλησεν ἡμῶν, ὡσ φῂσ σύ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 421:2)