oceanus
IPA: ˈoʊʃʌnʌs
Root Word: Oceanus
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "oceanus" in Sentences
- Oceanus is a figure of ancient Greek myth.
- Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus.
- He acts as the secondary captain of the Oceanus.
- Oceanus Procellarum joins the mare to the southwest.
- Oceanus appears in Hellenic cosmography as well as myth.
- She is a Celebrant and acts as an operator on the Oceanus.
- In any case, it's not inconsistent with use of Oceanus Insulae.
- She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the wife of Nereus.
- I think that this is an importan aspect of the character of Oceanus.
- In the battle of the Shanghai server, she was salvaged to the Oceanus.