oceanus

See also: Oceanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός m (ōkeănós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oːˈke.a.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus]

Noun

ōceanus m (genitive ōceanī); second declension

1. ocean, sea

   Synonyms: mare n, pontus m

2. (Medieval Latin) any large body of water, including a channel or river

   Ōceanus Britannicus

   the English Channel

   (literally, “[the] British Ocean”)

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

• Ōceanus Ā̆tlanticus
• Ōceanus Britannicus
• Ōceanus Deucaledonius
• Ōceanus Germānicus
• Ōceanus Pācificus
• Ōceanus Vergivius

Related terms

• Ōceanus m

Descendants

• Catalan: oceà
• French: océan m
• Friulian: ocean
• Italian: oceano
• Occitan: ocean m
• Piedmontese: ocean
• Romanian: ocean n
• Sicilian: ucèanu
• Spanish: océano
• → Basque: ozeano
• → Dutch: oceaan
• → English: ocean
• → Galician: océano
• → German: Ozean
• → Old Irish: océn
  • Irish: aigéan
  • Scottish Gaelic: aigeann
• → Portuguese: oceano
• → Welsh: eigion

Further reading

• “oceanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press