oceanus

Latin - English

Definition of oceanus in Latin English dictionary

ocean

English - English

Definition of oceanus in English English dictionary

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 (River Ocean) that encircled the earth. With his sister Tethys fathered all rivers and the Oceanids

Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god ΩκεανÏŒς ΠοταμÏŒς (River Ocean) that encircled the earth. With his sister Tethys fathered all rivers and the Oceanids

(Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology

An ocean

The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth

An ocean Obliquity The angle between a body's equatorial plane and orbital plane Occultation The blockage of light by the intervention of another object; a planet can occult (block) the light from a distant star Old A planetary surface that has been modified little since its formation typically featuring large numbers of impact craters; (compare to young) Orbit The path of an object that is moving around a second object or point Ovoid Shaped like an egg

Oceanus was the Titan lord of the waters beyond the Greek world Grandfather to King Atlas, Oceanus controlled the realm of the Titans and his name lives on in the Latin name OCEAN

Etymology

[ O-'sE-&-n&s ] (noun.) From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos).