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Webster 1913 Edition
Oceanus
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O-ce′a-nus
,Noun.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK].]
(Gr.Myth.)
The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.
Definition 2024
Oceanus
Oceanus
See also: oceanus
Translingual
Proper noun
Oceanus
Derived terms
English
Proper noun
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 (River Ocean) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
Translations
personification of the ocean
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈke.a.nus/, [oːˈke.a.nʊs]
Proper noun
Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī); second declension
- 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
- Oceanensis
- Oceaneolus
- Oceanitis
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Oceanus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.