Īăpĕtus, i, m., = Ἰαπετός,
I a Titan , son of Uranos and Gaea , 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.