Oceanus Definition

ō-sēə-nəs
noun
A Titan, father of the Oceanides and ruler of the sea before Poseidon.
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The great outer stream supposedly encircling the earth.
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pronoun

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

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Origin of Oceanus

  • From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos).

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