Iapetus

Iapetus
Īăpĕtus, i, m., = Iapetos, a Titan, son of Uranos and Gœa, the father of Atlas, Prometheus, and Epimetheus, Hyg. F. praef.; 54; 142; 144; Verg. G. 1, 279; Lact. 2, 10, 7 sq.:

satus Iapeto,

i. e. Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 82;

called also Iapeti genus,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 27.—
II.
Deriv. Īăpĕtīŏnĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Iapetus:

Atlas,

Ov. M. 4, 632:

fratres gemini,

i. e. Prometheus and Epimetneus, Claud. Eutr. 2, 49.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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