Oceanus
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See also: oceanus
Translingual[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Oceanus
- (planetology) A large mare region on the Moon.
Derived terms[edit]
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
personification of the ocean
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeanós).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈke.a.nus/, [oːˈkeänʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈt͡ʃe.a.nus/, [oˈt͡ʃɛːänus]
Proper noun[edit]
Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī); second declension
- Ocean (that surrounds all the land, personified as a deity)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ōceanus |
Genitive | Ōceanī |
Dative | Ōceanō |
Accusative | Ōceanum |
Ablative | Ōceanō |
Vocative | Ōceane |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “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.
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