Pandora (redirected from Pandora's box shell)

Pan·do·ra  (pn-dôr, -dr)

n.

1. Greek Mythology The first woman, bestowed upon humankind as a punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. Entrusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiosity and thereby released all the evils of human life.

2. A satellite of Saturn.

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[Greek Pandr, having all gifts : pan-, pan- + dron, gift; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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pandora [pænˈdɔːrə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a handsome red sea bream, Pagellus erythrinus, of European coastal waters, caught for food in the Mediterranean

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora that lives on the surface of sandy shores and has thin equal valves

3. (Music / Instruments) Music another word for bandore

[after Pandora]

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Pandora [pænˈdɔːrə], Pandore [pænˈdɔː ˈpændɔː]

n

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the first woman, made out of earth as the gods' revenge on man for obtaining fire from Prometheus. Given a box (Pandora's box) that she was forbidden to open, she disobeyed out of curiosity and released from it all the ills that beset man, leaving only hope within

[from Greek, literally: all-gifted]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Pandora - (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

Translations

Pandora [pænˈdɔːrə] N Pandora's box → caja f de Pandora

Pandora [pænˈdɔːrə] n
to open Pandora's box → ouvrir la boîte de Pandore