Pandora

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Pandōra, ae (gen. Pandoras, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 19), f.

Πανδώρα, gifted by all, the first woman , made by Vulcan at Jupiter's command , and presented with gifts by all the gods , the wife of Epimetheus and mother of Pyrrha , Hyg. Fab. 142.—Prov.: Pandora Hesiodi, of a work executed by several hands, Tert. adv. Val. 12.

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