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Iapetos.

Iapetus; one of the Titans in Greek mythology, a son of Uranos and Gaia, and the father of Atlas, Prometeus, Epimeteus and Menoitios

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name/¹i.aˈpeː.tus/[ɪ.aˈpèː.tʊ̌s]
  1. Iapetus; one of the Titans in Greek mythology, a son of Uranos and Gaia, and the father of Atlas, Prometeus, Epimeteus and Menoitios

    Greek
    Iapetos var en av de mannlige titanene.
Where this word comes from

Internationalism, based on Ancient Greek Ἰαπετός (Iapetós, “Iapetos”), possibly from Pre-Greek. The deeper origin of the name is uncertain. The Latinized form is Iapetus, reflected in Norwegian Iapetus, the name used for the moon of Saturn and the prehistoric ocean named after the mythological Iapetos. Compare Danish Iapetos, Finnish Iapetos, Estonian Iapetos and German Iapetos (“Iapetus”).

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