Oceanus

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Oceanus m A taxonomic genus within the phylum Mollusca. === See also === Oceanapia Oceanesia === Proper noun === Oceanus (planetology) A large mare region on the Moon. ==== Derived terms ==== Oceanus Procellarum === References === Oceanus at the Catalogue of Life == 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 ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Ōcianus (Old Latin) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈke.a.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus] === Proper noun === Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī); second declension Ocean (that surrounds all the land, personified as a deity) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Ōceanēnsis Ōceaneolus Ōceanītis ==== Related terms ==== ōceanus ==== 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.