Προμηθέως (Prometheos)

Προμηθέως is an Ancient Greek form of Προμηθεύς, meaning “Prometheus — Prometheus, Titan who gave fire to humans”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of προμηθεύς, “Prometheus; Summanus”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

Found 39 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De fortuna 4: … ροαὶ φρονήσεως καὶ ἀποτρίμματα ἐνδιεσπαρμένα ταῖς χρείαις ταῖς περὶ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ αἰνίττεται τὸ πῦρ ὑπὸ τοῦ Προμηθέως μερισθὲν ἄλλο ἄλλῃ διασπαρῆναι. καὶ γὰρ τῆς φρονήσεως μόρια καὶ σπάσματα μικρὰ θραυομένης καὶ κατακερματιζομέ …

Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 86: καλοῦσιν· αὐτὸν γάρ σε δεῖ προμηθέως,

All forms of Προμηθεύς (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.