Oceanus

See also: oceanus

Translingual

Proper noun

Oceanus

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

Derived terms

• Oceanus Procellarum

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈsiːənəs/, /oʊˈsɪənəs/

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

personification of the ocean

• Galician: Océano m
• German: Okeanos (de) m
• Italian: Oceano (it) m
• Portuguese: Oceano (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: Океа́н (ru) m (Okeán)
• Spanish: Océano m

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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	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.