Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PANDORA

Pan *do "ra, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Pandw `ra; pa ^s, pa ^n, all + dw ^ron a gift. ]

 

1. (Class. Myth. )

 

Defn: A beautiful woman (all-gifted ), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Pandora

Pan do ra |panˈdôrə pænˈdɔrə |Greek Mythology the first mortal woman. In one story she was created by Zeus and sent to earth with a jar or box of evils in revenge for Prometheus' having brought the gift of fire back to the world. Pandora let out all the evils from the jar to infect the earth; hope alone remained to assuage the lot of humankind. ORIGIN from the Greek name Pandōra ‘all-gifted ’ (from pan ‘all ’ + dōron ‘gift ’).

 

pandora

pan do ra |panˈdôrə pænˈdɔrə |(also pandora shell or Pandora's box shell ) ▶noun a burrowing bivalve mollusk with a fragile shell, the unequal valves of which form a “box ” with a lid. [Genus Pandora, family Pandoridae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek pandoura ‘three-stringed lute ’ (because of the shell's resemblance to the sound box of a stringed instrument ).

 

Pandora's box

Pan do ra's box ▶noun a process that generates many complicated problems as the result of unwise interference in something.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Pandora

Pandora |panˈdɔːrə |Greek Mythology the first mortal woman. In one story she was created by Zeus and sent to earth with a jar or box of evils in revenge for Prometheus' having brought the gift of fire back to the world. She let out all the evils from the container to infect the earth; hope alone remained to assuage the lot of humankind. ORIGIN from the Greek name Pandōra ‘all-gifted ’ (from pan ‘all ’ + dōron ‘gift ’).

 

pandora

pandora |panˈdɔːrə |(also pandora shell or Pandora's box shell ) ▶noun a burrowing bivalve mollusc with a fragile shell, the unequal valves of which form a ‘box ’ with a lid. ●Genus Pandora, family Pandoridae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek pandoura ‘three-stringed lute ’ (because of the shell's resemblance to the soundbox of a stringed instrument ).

 

Pandora's box

Pan |dora's box |panˈdɔːrəz | ▶noun a process that once begun generates many complicated problems: these policies might open a Pandora's box of inflationary wage claims.

 

Duden Dictionary

Pandora

Pan do ra Eigenname |Pand o ra |Gestalt der griechischen Mythologie die Büchse der Pandora (Büchse 1a )

 

Spanish Dictionary

Pandora

Pandora VÉASE caja de Pandora .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Pandora

Pan do ra /pændɔ́ːrə /名詞 〘ギ神 〙パンドラ 〘Zeusが地上に降ろした最初の女性 〙.～̀ 's b ó x 1 パンドラの箱 〘ZeusからPandoraに贈られた箱; 約束を破りふたを開けると, あらゆる悪事不幸が地上に広がり, 最後に希望 (Hope )だけが残った 〙.2 諸悪の根源 ; 思いがけない災いの根源 ▸ open Pandora's box (思いがけず )災いを招く .