prometheus

1. 1.

   (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

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   Greek mythology

Other forms of prometheus

plural

prometheuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prometheus

What does prometheus mean?

prometheus means "(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".

How many syllables are in prometheus?

prometheus has 4 syllables: pro-me-the-us. The stress falls on "me". In IPA it is /pɹəˈmiˌθiəs/.

Is prometheus a common word?

prometheus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.