pandora

¹

Also pan·dore

[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 /

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. music another word for bandore

Pandora

²

/ pænˈdɔː, ˈpændɔː, pænˈdɔːrə /

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

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

after _Pandora

Origin of pandora²

from Greek, literally: all-gifted

Example Sentences

War is coming to Pandora — again.

From Los Angeles Times

The podcast “Crimes of the Times,” featuring “Pandora’s Box: The Fall of L.A.’s Sheriff,” is now available wherever you get your podcasts.

From Los Angeles Times

She is joined by Elizabeth “Liza” Goitein from the non-partisan Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program, a leading expert on all things Posse Comitatus, the Insurrection Act, and the Pandora’s box of domestic military deployment in policing, and the legal frameworks governing it all.

From Slate

"This has opened Pandora's box," says Tena Banjeglav of Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the Past, an organisation which focuses on reconciliation by taking a factual approach to both World War Two and the more recent war of independence.

From BBC

"Vietnam opened a Pandora's box," says another Thai trade official.

From BBC