Oceanus

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See also: oceanus

Translingual

Proper noun

Oceanus

  1. (planetology) A large mare region on the Moon.

Derived terms

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Oceanus

  1. (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

Latin

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Ōceanus

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī); second declension

  1. Ocean (that surrounds all the land, personified as a deity)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ōceanus
Genitive Ōceanī
Dative Ōceanō
Accusative Ōceanum
Ablative Ōceanō
Vocative Ōceane

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: Océan
  • Italian: Oceano
  • Portuguese: Oceano
  • Sicilian: Ucìanu

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.