pandora

¹

[ pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh ]

noun

1. bandore.

Pandora

²

[ pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.

Pandora

¹

/ pænˈdɔːrə; pænˈdɔː; ˈpændɔː /

noun

1. 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

pandora

²

/ pænˈdɔːrə /

noun

1. a handsome red sea bream, Pagellus erythrinus, of European coastal waters, caught for food in the Mediterranean
2. a marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora that lives on the surface of sandy shores and has thin equal valves
3. See bandore
   music another word for bandore

Word History and Origins

Origin of pandora¹

< Latin < Greek Pandṓra, equivalent to pan- pan- + dôr ( on ) gift + -a feminine noun ending

Word History and Origins

Origin of pandora¹

from Greek, literally: all-gifted

Origin of pandora²

after Pandora

Example Sentences

I fear that if we open this particular Pandora’s box, we will not like what happens next.

From Vox

Even as the debate on trust, ethics, and responsibility for “AI doctors” cranked up in temperature, the Pandora’s box has been opened.

From Singularity Hub 

Veterinarians at the Los Angeles Zoo, in California, were worried Pandora had a heart problem.

From Science News For Students

Now the only supported services for voice commands are YouTube Music, Pandora, Deezer, and Spotify.

From Ars Technica

The speaker, which works with Apple Music, will be compatible with music services from Pandora and Amazon in “coming months,” Apple said.

From Fortune

So the LP was a revelation in its day, as amazing as Pandora is to us.

From The Daily Beast

Both algorithms pick a good first song, but Pandora heads next to Dale Earnhardt Jr.

From The Daily Beast

The first song from Pandora is “187 Proof,” which immediately blows my mind because I have never heard this song.

From The Daily Beast

Defeated, he tries out the new iTunes Radio against old favorite Pandora.

From The Daily Beast

Pandora, a successful entrepreneur, has long aspired to be “of no interest to anyone.”

From The Daily Beast

She had besides the latitude and longitude of the places the Pandora would touch at.

From Project Gutenberg

Like Edwards, he tells us little of the prisoners after they were consigned to "Pandora's Box."

From Project Gutenberg

What had been possible in the Bounty was possible in the Pandora.

From Project Gutenberg

Pandora's raiment, I grieve to state, has slipped down about her waist in a manner exceedingly reprehensible.

From Project Gutenberg

The gods sent Pandora to Prometheus and Epimetheus, the brothers who loved mankind.

From Project Gutenberg