Prometheus的词源

英文词源

Prometheus

demigod (son of the Titan Iapetus) who made man from clay and stole fire from heaven and taught mankind its use, for which he was punished by Zeus by being chained to a rock in the Caucasus, where a vulture came every day and preyed on his liver. The name is Greek, and anciently was interpreted as literally "forethinker, foreseer," from promethes "thinking before," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + *methos, related to mathein "to learn," from enlargement of PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). However Watkins suggests the second element is possibly from a base meaning "to steal," also found in Sanskrit mathnati "he steals."

中文词源

Prometheus（普罗米修斯）：先知先觉者普罗米修斯

在希腊神话中，普罗米修斯（prometheus）是人类的创造者和保护神。他是泰坦神伊阿珀托斯的儿子，是阿特拉斯和埃庇米修斯的兄弟。他非常聪明，又具有预言能力，他的名字的含义就是“先知先觉者”。他按照天神的形象创造了人类，传授给人类各种知识和技能。他为了人类的福利，盗取天火送给人类，因而受到宙斯的惩罚，被用铁链锁于高加索山的悬崖上，每天被一只鹫鹰啄食肝脏，而第二天肝脏又再次长好。他就这样忍受常年的痛苦，直到最后被大力神赫拉克勒斯解救。

普罗米修斯的名字prometheus就是“先知先觉者”的意思，其中的pro表示“先、前”的意思。

词根pro：先，前

Prometheus： [prəu'mi:θju:s; -θiəs] n.普罗米修斯

predict：[pri'dikt] v.预言，预报。记：pre预先 dict说出→预先说出

prepare： [pri'pεə] v.预备，准备。

prescribe：[pris'kraib] v.规定，写处方。记：pre预先 scribe写→预先写下

precede：[pri:'si:d] v.领先，在……之前。记：pre预先 cede走→走在前面

precise： [pri'sais] adj.精确的。记：pre预先 cise切割→预先切割好的

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：Prometheus 词源，Prometheus 含义。

Prometheus：普罗米修斯

来自古希腊神话英雄人物Prometheus,其为人类盗取火种，后被宙斯用铁链子锁在高加索山脉，每日受万剑穿心一样的痛苦。该名字来自希腊语promethes,先知，智者，来自pro-,提前，-meth,思考，词源同mathematics,mind.比较其弟弟名字Epimetheus,后知，愚者。