Ὠκεανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ɔ͜ɔke.anós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /oːkɛanós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /okeanós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /oceanós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /oceanós/

Proper noun

Ὠκεανός (genitive Ὠκεανοῦ) m, second declension; (Ōkeanos)

1. Oceanus, son of Uranus & Gaia; the primary Greek water deity.
2. The great river, which encompasses the world disc.
3. The great Outward Sea, as opposed to the inner sea (Mediterranean Sea)

Inflection

    Second declension of Ὠκεᾰνός, Ὠκεᾰνοῦ

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ὠκεᾰνός
Genitive	Ὠκεᾰνοῦ
Dative	Ὠκεᾰνῷ
Accusative	Ὠκεᾰνόν
Vocative	Ὠκεᾰνέ

Derived terms

• Ὠκεανίς (Okeanis)

Descendants

• Armenian: օվկիանոս (òvkianos)
• English: Oceanus, Ocean
• Greek: Ωκεανός (Okeanos)
• Latin: Oceanus
• Turkish: Okyanus

References

• LSJ
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1018