Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Titan god of the outer sea encircling the earth and the father of the Oceanides and the river gods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr.Myth.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.
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- proper noun planetology A large
mare region on theMoon . - proper noun Greek mythology Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of
Uranus andGaia , the godΩκεανός Ποταμός (River Ocean) that encircled the earth. With his sisterTethys fathered all rivers and theOceanids .
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- noun (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology
Etymologies
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Examples
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_The Egyptians, by the term Oceanus, understand their own river Nilus_.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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This oblique photo shows the region around the crater Galilaei and Planitia Descensus in Oceanus Procellarum (the Sea of Storms).
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This oblique photo shows the region around the crater Galilaei and Planitia Descensus in Oceanus Procellarum (the Sea of Storms).
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Atlas in Africk, or yet the sea adioining to Africk, had the name Oceanus
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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The Greeks, who also fancied the earth was round and compassed by a mighty river called Oceanus, described it as flowing with "a steady, equable current," for they generally gazed out upon calm and sunlit seas.
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Let it suffice, that we are assured, both by this author and by others, that the Nile was called Oceanus: and what is alluded to by Pherecydes is certainly a large map or chart.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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The early Greeks regarded the earth as a flat disc, surrounded by a perpetually flowing river called Oceanus: the god of this river was also called Oceanus, and afterwards the name was applied to the Atlantic.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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The landing site chosen for Intrepid was another basalt plain - or mare - called Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms), along the lunar equator and about 950 miles west of the Apollo
The Patriot Ledger Home RSS Christopher J. Kilbridge 2009
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Visually stunning, the Oceanus is a fantastic vocal mic.
Harmony Central 2008
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She has just returned from a cruise aboard the "Oceanus", a research vessel out of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
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