Oceanus
See also: oceanus
Translingual
Proper noun
Oceanus
- (planetology) A large mare region on the Moon.
Derived terms
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oʊˈsiːənəs/
Proper noun
Oceanus
- (Greek mythology) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
Translations
personification of the ocean
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈke.a.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus]
Proper noun
Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī); second declension
- Ocean (that surrounds all the land, personified as a deity)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Ōceanus |
genitive | Ōceanī |
dative | Ōceanō |
accusative | Ōceanum |
ablative | Ōceanō |
vocative | Ōceane |
Derived terms
- Ōceanēnsis
- Ōceaneolus
- Ōceanītis
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “Oceanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Oceanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Oceanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.