Poseidon

See also: poseidon, Poséidon, and Poseidón

English

Poseidon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈsaɪdn̩/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Poseidon

2. (Greek mythology) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.
3. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 2014 November 16, Benjamin Mueller, “Police Examine Death of a Boy and an Attack on a Girl”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 November 2014:

     The boy, Poseidon Quinones, had bruises on his head and torso, the police said.

   • 2016 October 23, “[Births] Oaklawn Hospital, Marshall”, in Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Mich.: Gannett, →OCLC, page 3C, column 1:

     Joe and Keli Pope, a boy, Poseidon Lee Pope, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016.

   • 2021 June 23, “[Births] May 27, 2021”, in Casper Star-Tribune, volume 128, number 119, Casper, Wyo.: Lee Enterprises, →OCLC, page C3, column 4:

     Boy, Poseidon Michael, to Leve Schlotterbeck and Triton Teske, Casper

Derived terms

• apoposeidion
• periposeidion
• Poseidonia
• Poseidonian

Translations

the god of the sea

• Akkadian: ^{(please verify)} 𒉿𒋛𒁺𒉡 (pi-si-du-nu)
• Albanian: Poseidoni m (definite)
• Arabic: بُوسِيدُون m (busidun), بُوسَيْدُون m (busaydun)
• Armenian: Պոսեյդոն (hy) (Poseydon)
• Azerbaijani: Poseydon
• Belarusian: Пасейдо́н m (Pasjejdón), Пасэйдо́н m (Pasejdón)
• Bulgarian: Посейдо́н m (Posejdón)
• Catalan: Posidó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波塞冬 (zh) (Bōsàidōng)

• Coptic: ⲡⲟⲥⲓⲧⲱⲛ (positōn)
• Czech: Poseidon m, Poseidón m
• Danish: Poseidon c
• Dutch: Poseidon m
• Esperanto: Posejdono, Pozidono
• Estonian: Poseidon
• Finnish: Poseidon (fi)
• French: Poséidon (fr) m
• Friulian: Poseidon m
• Galician: Poseidón m
• Georgian: პოსეიდონი (ṗoseidoni)
• German: Poseidon (de) m
• Greek: Ποσειδώνας (el) m (Poseidónas)

  Ancient Greek: Ποσειδῶν m (Poseidôn)

  Mycenaean Greek: 𐀡𐀮𐀅𐀃𐀚 (po-se-da-o-ne)

• Hebrew: פוסידון m
• Hindi: पोसाइडन m (posāiḍan)
• Hungarian: Poszeidón
• Icelandic: Póseidon m
• Irish: Poiséadón m
• Italian: Poseidone m
• Japanese: ポセイドーン (Poseidōn), ポセイドン (ja) (Poseidon)
• Kazakh: Посейдон (Poseydon)
• Korean: 포세이돈 (Poseidon)
• Kyrgyz: Посейдон (Poseydon)
• Latvian: Poseidons m
• Lithuanian: Poseidonas m
• Macedonian: Посејдон m (Posejdon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Poseidon m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: писидонъ m (pisidonŭ)

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: پوسایْدُن (posâydon)

• Polish: Posejdon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Poseidon (pt) m, Posídon m, Possêidon m, Posidão m
• Romanian: Poseidon m
• Russian: Посейдо́н (ru) m (Posejdón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Посѐјдо̄н m

  Latin: Posèjdōn (sh) m

• Slovak: Poseidón m
• Slovene: Pozejdon (sl) m
• Spanish: Poseidón m, Posidón m
• Swahili: Poseidoni
• Swedish: Poseidon (sv) c
• Tajik: Посейдон (Poseydon)
• Tatar: Посейдон (Poseydon)
• Thai: โพไซดอน (poo-sai-dɔɔn)
• Turkish: Poseidon (tr)
• Turkmen: Poseýdon
• Ukrainian: Посейдо́н m (Posejdón)
• Uzbek: Poseydon

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Anagrams

• poisoned

Czech

Alternative forms

• Poseidón

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposɛɪdon]

Proper noun

Poseidon m anim

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

Declension

Declension of Poseidon (sg-only hard masculine animate)

	singular
nominative	Poseidon
genitive	Poseidona
dative	Poseidonovi
accusative	Poseidona
vocative	Poseidone
locative	Poseidonovi
instrumental	Poseidonem

Further reading

• “Poseidon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Poseidon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Proper noun

Poseidon (genitive Poseidons)

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈzaɪ̯dɔn]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Poseidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Poseidons)

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

Portuguese

Poseidon

Alternative forms

• Posídon
• Possêidon
• Posidão

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zejˈdõ/ [po.zeɪ̯ˈdõ], (nonstandard but very common) /po.sejˈdõ/ [po.seɪ̯ˈdõ]

Proper noun

Poseidon m

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon (god of the sea)

See also

• Netuno, Neptuno

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Proper noun

Poseidon c (genitive Poseidons)

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Turkish

Proper noun

Poseidon

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon