Oceanus

See also: oceanus

Translingual

Proper noun

Oceanus

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

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oʊˈsiːənəs/

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 (River Ocean) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈke.a.nus/, [oːˈke.a.nʊs]

Proper noun

Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Ōceanus Ōceanī
genitive Ōceanī Ōceanōrum
dative Ōceanō Ōceanīs
accusative Ōceanum Ōceanōs
ablative Ōceanō Ōceanīs
vocative Ōceane Ōceanī

Derived terms

  • Ōceanēnsis
  • Ōceaneolus
  • Ōceanītis

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
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