Oceanus

See also: oceanus

Translingual

Proper noun

Oceanus

(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

(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

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
Portuguese: 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.

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