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Webster 1913 Edition


Pandora

Pan-do′ra

,
p
rop.
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
Πανδώρα
;
πᾶς
,
πᾶν
, all +
δῶρον
a gift.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom
Jupiter
caused
Vulcan
to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because
Prometheus
had stolen the fire from heaven.
Jupiter
gave
Pandora
a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.

Definition 2024


Pandóra

Pandóra

See also: pandora, Pandora, and Πανδώρα

Hungarian

Proper noun

Pandóra

  1. (Greek mythology) Pandora
  2. A female given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Pandóra Pandórák
accusative Pandórát Pandórákat
dative Pandórának Pandóráknak
instrumental Pandórával Pandórákkal
causal-final Pandóráért Pandórákért
translative Pandórává Pandórákká
terminative Pandóráig Pandórákig
essive-formal Pandóraként Pandórákként
essive-modal
inessive Pandórában Pandórákban
superessive Pandórán Pandórákon
adessive Pandóránál Pandóráknál
illative Pandórába Pandórákba
sublative Pandórára Pandórákra
allative Pandórához Pandórákhoz
elative Pandórából Pandórákból
delative Pandóráról Pandórákról
ablative Pandórától Pandóráktól
Possessive forms of Pandóra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Pandórám Pandóráim
2nd person sing. Pandórád Pandóráid
3rd person sing. Pandórája Pandórái
1st person plural Pandóránk Pandóráink
2nd person plural Pandórátok Pandóráitok
3rd person plural Pandórájuk Pandóráik

Derived terms