Prometheusn.

Brit.

/prəˈmiːθɪəs/, U.S.

/prəˈmiθiəs/,

/proʊˈmiθiəs/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Promētheus; proper name Προμηθεύς.

Etymology: < classical Latin Promētheus and its etymon ancient Greek Προμηθεύς, the name of a demigod, lit. ‘he who thinks in advance’ < προμηθής forethinking.In sense 2a after scientific Latin prometheus, specific name, masculine form of promethea promethea n. In sense 2b after scientific Latin Prometheus, genus name ( J. Hübner Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge (1806) II. Plate 143).

1. Used allusively as the type of a person who displays characteristics or behaviour of the kind usually associated with Prometheus.In Greek Mythology. Prometheus is the name of a demigod, son of the Titan Iapetus, who is said to have made man out of clay, and to have stolen fire from Olympus and taught men how to use it, for which he was punished by Zeus by being chained to a rock in the Caucasus where an eagle fed each day upon his liver.

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Prometheus1549

fire-kindler1563

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fii We had nede of a new Prometheus, a new mowld, and a new earth, to make men of.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 26 This true Prometheus first made man of earth, And shed in him a beame of heauenly Fire.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. f. 49 We see the West Indian Prometheus, had no intelligence with the Europæan, because of the rarenesse with them of flint.

1679 Narr. Wicked Plots 16 This was foreseen by their Prometheus; who sent that Torturer of ours, the B. of Winchester, to search and sort the Papers.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. ii. 24 This..made me think of the manner of our modern Prometheus's, the Mountebanks.

1756 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 47. 297 A compleat Actor appears so seldom in the World, that I do not wonder, whenever a real Prometheus with true Fire starts up among us, at the Tribute..which is paid to him.

1832 Athenæum 11 Feb. 224 We overlay the idol with gold, but should grieve if a Prometheus gave it life.

1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xiv. 104 What gentleman is not more or less a Prometheus? Who has not his rock.., his chain.., and his liver in a deuce of a condition?

1905 F. G. Fowler & H. W. Fowler tr. Lucian Wks. I. 7 So you will have me a Prometheus? If your meaning is..that my works, like his, are of clay, I accept the comparison.

1963 B. D. Wolfe Fabulous Life Diego Rivera xxxv. 428 Rivera's true Prometheus is not Marx but Quetzalcoatl.

2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 16 A Prometheus bound to the rock of the Hutton inquiry, his liver being pecked out each day by the flocking journalists.

2. Entomology.

a. More fully prometheus moth. = promethea moth at promethea n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Saturniidae > callosamia promethea (promothea)

Prometheus1859

promethea1862

1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 577 The Prometheus Moth, Attacus Prometheus, is of a deep smoky brown, its expanded wings measuring four inches.

1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 265 Efforts to reel or card the fibers of the Prometheus and Polyphemus cocoons have not been successful.

2000 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 10 Sept. c15 Other silkworm moths that may be encountered locally include the prometheus, luna and polyphemus.

†b. In form Prometheus. A genus of South American moths of the family Castniidae. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Prometheus,..a genus of moths.

†3. U.S. The Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca (family Parulidae), the breeding male of which has a bright orange throat. Obsolete. rare.

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1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iii. 302 D. blackburnæ... Blackburn's Warbler. Prometheus... Chin, throat, and fore breast, intense orange or flame-color.

Derivatives

Proˈmetheus-like adv.

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1656 T. Fuller Strange Justice 44 in Best Name on Earth & Other Serm. (1659) sig. M3 Look upon high Germany which ever Prometheus like hath a cruell eagle feeding upon her entrailes.

1716 Mil. & Other Poems 200 But when, Prometheus like, he soar'd on high, And taught the Rich, as well as Poor, would lye.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 198 Prometheus like, to snatch a beam of day, And homeward bear the unscintillating ray.

1990 J. Morrow Only Begotten Daughter (1991) ii. x. 169 Training her binoculars on a plateau, she saw over a dozen naked men chained Prometheuslike to huge rocks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prometheus
释义	Prometheusn. Brit. /prəˈmiːθɪəs/, U.S. /prəˈmiθiəs/, /proʊˈmiθiəs/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Promētheus; proper name Προμηθεύς. Etymology: < classical Latin Promētheus and its etymon ancient Greek Προμηθεύς, the name of a demigod, lit. ‘he who thinks in advance’ < προμηθής forethinking.In sense 2a after scientific Latin prometheus, specific name, masculine form of promethea promethea n. In sense 2b after scientific Latin Prometheus, genus name ( J. Hübner Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge (1806) II. Plate 143). 1. Used allusively as the type of a person who displays characteristics or behaviour of the kind usually associated with Prometheus.In Greek Mythology. Prometheus is the name of a demigod, son of the Titan Iapetus, who is said to have made man out of clay, and to have stolen fire from Olympus and taught men how to use it, for which he was punished by Zeus by being chained to a rock in the Caucasus where an eagle fed each day upon his liver. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Prometheus Prometheus1549 fire-kindler1563 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fii We had nede of a new Prometheus, a new mowld, and a new earth, to make men of. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 26 This true Prometheus first made man of earth, And shed in him a beame of heauenly Fire. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. f. 49 We see the West Indian Prometheus, had no intelligence with the Europæan, because of the rarenesse with them of flint. View more context for this quotation 1679 Narr. Wicked Plots 16 This was foreseen by their Prometheus; who sent that Torturer of ours, the B. of Winchester, to search and sort the Papers. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. ii. 24 This..made me think of the manner of our modern Prometheus's, the Mountebanks. 1756 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 47. 297 A compleat Actor appears so seldom in the World, that I do not wonder, whenever a real Prometheus with true Fire starts up among us, at the Tribute..which is paid to him. 1832 Athenæum 11 Feb. 224 We overlay the idol with gold, but should grieve if a Prometheus gave it life. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xiv. 104 What gentleman is not more or less a Prometheus? Who has not his rock.., his chain.., and his liver in a deuce of a condition? 1905 F. G. Fowler & H. W. Fowler tr. Lucian Wks. I. 7 So you will have me a Prometheus? If your meaning is..that my works, like his, are of clay, I accept the comparison. 1963 B. D. Wolfe Fabulous Life Diego Rivera xxxv. 428 Rivera's true Prometheus is not Marx but Quetzalcoatl. 2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 16 A Prometheus bound to the rock of the Hutton inquiry, his liver being pecked out each day by the flocking journalists. 2. Entomology. a. More fully prometheus moth. = promethea moth at promethea n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Saturniidae > callosamia promethea (promothea) Prometheus1859 promethea1862 1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 577 The Prometheus Moth, Attacus Prometheus, is of a deep smoky brown, its expanded wings measuring four inches. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 265 Efforts to reel or card the fibers of the Prometheus and Polyphemus cocoons have not been successful. 2000 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 10 Sept. c15 Other silkworm moths that may be encountered locally include the prometheus, luna and polyphemus. †b. In form Prometheus. A genus of South American moths of the family Castniidae. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Prometheus,..a genus of moths. †3. U.S. The Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca (family Parulidae), the breeding male of which has a bright orange throat. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iii. 302 D. blackburnæ... Blackburn's Warbler. Prometheus... Chin, throat, and fore breast, intense orange or flame-color. Derivatives Proˈmetheus-like adv. ΚΠ 1656 T. Fuller Strange Justice 44 in Best Name on Earth & Other Serm. (1659) sig. M3 Look upon high Germany which ever Prometheus like hath a cruell eagle feeding upon her entrailes. 1716 Mil. & Other Poems 200 But when, Prometheus like, he soar'd on high, And taught the Rich, as well as Poor, would lye. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 198 Prometheus like, to snatch a beam of day, And homeward bear the unscintillating ray. 1990 J. Morrow Only Begotten Daughter (1991) ii. x. 169 Training her binoculars on a plateau, she saw over a dozen naked men chained Prometheuslike to huge rocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549
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