oceanus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός m (ōkeănós).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oːˈke.a.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus]

ōceanus m (genitive ōceanī); second declension

1. ocean, sea

   Synonyms: mare n, pontus m

2. (Medieval Latin) any large body of water, including a channel or river

   Ōceanus Britannicus

   the English Channel

   (literally, “[the] British Ocean”)

Second-declension noun.

• Ōceanus m

• “oceanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press