Oceanus
Appearance
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 Latin) 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.
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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