Oceanus procellarum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Ōceanus Procellārum, ōceanus Procellārum === Etymology === ōceanus +‎ procellārum. From Ōceanus Procellārum. Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli, by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and then published in 1651 in the Almagestum novum. === Proper noun === Ōceanus procellārum m sg (genitive Ōceanī procellārum); second declension (planetology) The Ocean of Storms (“Oceanus Procellarum”): a basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System. ==== Synonyms ==== Mare procellarum === References ===