Oceanus

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Contents

1 Translingual
- 1.1 Proper noun
  - 1.1.1 Derived terms
2 English
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Proper noun
  - 2.2.1 Translations
3 Latin
- 3.1 Proper noun
  - 3.1.1 Inflection
- 3.2 References

Translingual[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Oceanus

(planetology) A large mare region on the Moon.

Derived terms[edit]

Oceanus Procellarum

English[edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Oceanus

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos).

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

Translations[edit]

personification of the ocean

Portuguese: Oceano (pt) m

Russian: Океа́н (ru) (Okeán) m

Latin[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ōceanus (genitive Ōceanī); m, second declension

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

Inflection[edit]

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

References[edit]

Oceanus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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