Oceanus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

Ōceanus ī, m

, Ὠκεανός, the great sea, outer sea, ocean: mare, quem Oceanum appellatis: Oceani freta, i. e. the Strait of Gibraltar: quae civitates Oceanum attingunt, Cs.: circumvagus, circumflu ent, H.: pater rerum, i. e. primary element, V.— Person., son of Caelum and Terra, husband of Tethys, father of the rivers and nymphs, C., V.

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