Oceanus

See also: oceanus

Translingual

Proper noun

Oceanus

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

Derived terms

• Oceanus Procellarum

English

Alternative forms

• Okeanos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.

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

Translations

personification of the ocean

• Armenian: Օվկիանոս (hy) (Ōvkianos)
• Czech: Ókeanos m
• Esperanto: Oceano
• Finnish: Okeanos
• French: Océan (fr) m
• Galician: Océano (gl) m
• Georgian: ოკეანოსი (oḳeanosi)
• German: Okeanos (de) m
• Greek: Ωκεανός (el) m (Okeanós)

  Ancient Greek: Ὠκεανός m (Ōkeanós)

• Italian: Oceano (it) m
• Japanese: オーケアノス (Ōkeanosu)
• Korean: 오케아노스 (Okeanoseu)
• Latin: Ōceanus m
• Macedonian: Океан m (Okean)
• Polish: Okeanos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Oceano (pt) m
• Russian: Океа́н (ru) m (Okeán)
• Serbo-Croatian: Okèān (sh) m, Окѐа̄н m
• Sicilian: Ucìanu m
• Slovak: Ókeanos m
• Spanish: Océano m

Latin

Ōceanus

Alternative forms

• Ōcianus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈke.a.nus/, [oːˈkeänʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈt͡ʃe.a.nus/, [oˈt͡ʃɛːänus]

Proper noun

Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ōceanus
Genitive	Ōceanī
Dative	Ōceanō
Accusative	Ōceanum
Ablative	Ōceanō
Vocative	Ōceane

Derived terms

• Ōceanēnsis
• Ōceaneolus
• Ōceanītis

Descendants

• French: Océan
• Italian: Oceano
• Sicilian: Ucìanu

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.