Pandora

See also: pandora, Pandóra, and Pandorą

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Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pandora f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Entomophthoraceae – certain fungi not placed within a phylum.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Eomycota – subkingdom; Zygomycota – phylum; Entomophthoromycotina – subphylum; Entomophthorales – order; Entomophthoraceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pandora neoaphidis – type species

References

• Pandora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pandora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Entomophthoraceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)

Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom

Proto-Hellenic *dṓron

Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā)bor.

English Pandora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Pandora

1. (Greek mythology) The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
3. (astronomy) 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.

Derived terms

• Pandora's box

Translations

Character in Greek mythology

• Albanian: Pandorë f
• Basque: Pandora (eu)
• Catalan: Pandora
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潘多拉 (zh) (Pānduōlā)

• Czech: Pandóra f
• Danish: Pandora
• Dutch: Pandora f
• Esperanto: Pandoro
• Finnish: Pandora (fi)
• French: Pandore (fr) f
• German: Pandora f
• Greek: Πανδώρα (el) f (Pandóra)
• Greenlandic: Pandora
• Hebrew: פנדורה
• Hungarian: Pandóra (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᐸᓐᑑᕋ (pantoora)
• Italian: Pandora f
• Japanese: パンドーラー (Pandōrā)
• Korean: 판도라 (ko) (Pandora)
• Latin: Pandōra f
• Lithuanian: Pandora (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Pandora
• Marathi: पॅन्डोरा (pĕnḍorā)
• Norwegian: Pandora
• Polish: Pandora (pl) f
• Portuguese: Pandora (pt) f
• Romanian: Pandora f
• Russian: Пандо́ра (ru) f (Pandóra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пандо́ра f

  Latin: Pandóra (sh) f

• Spanish: Pandora f
• Swedish: Pandora
• Turkish: Pandora

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禍神星 / 祸神星 (Huòshénxīng)

• French: Pandore (fr) f
• Polish: Pandora (pl) f

Anagrams

• paradon

Basque

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pandoɾa/ [pãn̪.d̪o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandora anim

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Declension

Declension of Pandora (anim a-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Pandora
ergative	Pandorak
dative	Pandorari
genitive	Pandoraren
comitative	Pandorarekin
causative	Pandorarengatik
benefactive	Pandorarentzat
instrumental	Pandoraz
inessive	Pandorarengan
locative	—
allative	Pandorarengana
terminative	Pandorarenganaino
directive	Pandorarenganantz
destinative	Pandorarenganako
ablative	Pandorarengandik
partitive	Pandorarik
prolative	Pandoratzat

Further reading

• “82.- Grezia eta Erromako pertsonaia mitologikoak [Greek and Roman mythological characters]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 1998

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pənˈdo.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [panˈdo.ɾa]

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑndorɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝ndo̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑndorɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Pan‧do‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandora

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Declension

Inflection of Pandora (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)
nominative		Pandora	—
genitive		Pandoran	—
partitive		Pandoraa	—
illative		Pandoraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Pandora	—
accusative	nom.	Pandora	—
	gen.	Pandoran
genitive		Pandoran	—
partitive		Pandoraa	—
inessive		Pandorassa	—
elative		Pandorasta	—
illative		Pandoraan	—
adessive		Pandoralla	—
ablative		Pandoralta	—
allative		Pandoralle	—
essive		Pandorana	—
translative		Pandoraksi	—
abessive		Pandoratta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pandora (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pandorani — accusative nom. Pandorani — gen. Pandorani genitive Pandorani — partitive Pandoraani — inessive Pandorassani — elative Pandorastani — illative Pandoraani — adessive Pandorallani — ablative Pandoraltani — allative Pandoralleni — essive Pandoranani — translative Pandorakseni — abessive Pandorattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pandorasi — accusative nom. Pandorasi — gen. Pandorasi genitive Pandorasi — partitive Pandoraasi — inessive Pandorassasi — elative Pandorastasi — illative Pandoraasi — adessive Pandorallasi — ablative Pandoraltasi — allative Pandorallesi — essive Pandoranasi — translative Pandoraksesi — abessive Pandorattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pandoramme — accusative nom. Pandoramme — gen. Pandoramme genitive Pandoramme — partitive Pandoraamme — inessive Pandorassamme — elative Pandorastamme — illative Pandoraamme — adessive Pandorallamme — ablative Pandoraltamme — allative Pandorallemme — essive Pandoranamme — translative Pandoraksemme — abessive Pandorattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pandoranne — accusative nom. Pandoranne — gen. Pandoranne genitive Pandoranne — partitive Pandoraanne — inessive Pandorassanne — elative Pandorastanne — illative Pandoraanne — adessive Pandorallanne — ablative Pandoraltanne — allative Pandorallenne — essive Pandorananne — translative Pandoraksenne — abessive Pandorattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Pandoransa — accusative nom. Pandoransa — gen. Pandoransa genitive Pandoransa — partitive Pandoraansa — inessive Pandorassaan Pandorassansa — elative Pandorastaan Pandorastansa — illative Pandoraansa — adessive Pandorallaan Pandorallansa — ablative Pandoraltaan Pandoraltansa — allative Pandoralleen Pandorallensa — essive Pandoranaan Pandoranansa — translative Pandorakseen Pandoraksensa — abessive Pandorattaan Pandorattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈdɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: Pan‧dò‧ra

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Anagrams

• padrona, parando, rapando

Japanese

Romanization

Pandora

1. Rōmaji transcription of パンドラ

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)

Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom

Proto-Hellenic *dṓron

Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra)bor.

Latin Pandōra

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [panˈdoː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [panˈdɔː.ra]

Proper noun

Pandōra f sg (genitive Pandōrae); first declension

1. Pandora
   • (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis historia, 36, 19 — C. Plini Secundi naturalis historiae libri XXXVII. Recognovit atque indicibus instruxit Ludovicus Ianus. Vol. V. Libb. XXXIII–XXXVII. Lipsia, 1878, p. 108:

     in basi autem quod caelatum est Pandoras genesin appellavit, di sunt nascenti adstantes XX numero.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     • The Natural History of Pliny. Translated, with copious notes and illustrations by the late John Bostock and H. T. Riley. Vol. VI. With general index. London, 1857, p. 311:

       To the story chased upon the pedestal of the statue the name of the "Birth of Pandora"²⁹ has been given; and the figures of new-born³⁰ gods to be seen upon it are no less than twenty in number.

     
     ²⁹ "Pandoras Genesis."
     ³⁰ Sillig is of opinion that this passage is corrupt, and is inclined to think, with Panofka, that the reading should be "nascenti adstantes," – gods "standing by the new-born" Pandora

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pandōra
genitive	Pandōrae
dative	Pandōrae
accusative	Pandōram
ablative	Pandōrā
vocative	Pandōra

References

• “Pandora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Pandora”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora, the world's first woman

Declension

Declension of Pandora

nominative	Pandora
genitive	Pandoros
dative	Pandorai
accusative	Pandorą
instrumental	Pandora
locative	Pandoroje
vocative	Pandora

Derived terms

• Pandoros skrynia

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)

Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom

Proto-Hellenic *dṓron

Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra)lbor.

Polish Pandora

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈdɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Declension

Declension of Pandora

	singular
nominative	Pandora
genitive	Pandory
dative	Pandorze
accusative	Pandorę
instrumental	Pandorą
locative	Pandorze
vocative	Pandoro

Further reading

• “Pandora”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Pandora”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃ˈdɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃ˈdɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃ˈdɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃ˈdɔ.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora (woman who released evil into the world)

Derived terms

• caixa de Pandora

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Пандора (Pandora) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈdo.ra/
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pandǒːra/
• Hyphenation: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandóra f (Cyrillic spelling Пандо́ра)

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Declension

Declension of Pandora

	singular
nominative	Pandora
genitive	Pandore
dative	Pandori
accusative	Pandoru
vocative	Pandoro / Pandora
locative	Pandori
instrumental	Pandorom

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈdoɾa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandora f

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Derived terms

• caja de Pandora

Further reading

• “Pandora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Pandora c (genitive Pandoras)

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora

Related terms

• Pandoras ask

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Pandora, from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /panˈdoɾa/ [pɐn̪ˈd̪oː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: Pan‧do‧ra

Proper noun

Pandora (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ) (Greek mythology)

1. Pandora

Derived terms

• Kahon ni Pandora

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).

Proper noun

Pandora

1. (Greek mythology) Pandora