Iapetus
Ἰαπετός
Possibly from Greek ἰάπτω (iaptō), "to hurl" or "to wound", though the link is far from certain.
Meaning and origin
Iapetus is the standard English spelling of the Greek Titan Iapetos, one of the twelve children of the sky god Uranus and the earth goddess Gaia in Hesiod's account of the world's earliest generations.
How to pronounce Iapetus
| Greek | yah-peh-TOSS /japeˈtos/ |
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