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(Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology
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oceanus
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Oceanus is the personification of the world-ocean in Greek myth. Oceanus may also refer to: People Oceanus Hopkins (1620 – c. 1627), the only child born on the Mayflower during its historic voyage which brought the Pilgrims to America Ships MTS ''Oceanos ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oceanus \O*ce"a*nus\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Gr.Myth.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.
Usage examples of oceanus.
It would have gone hardly with me had not Eurynome, daughter of the ever-encircling waters of Oceanus, and Thetis, taken me to their bosom.
The Naiads, Limnaids and Potamids owe allegiance to the river gods, the sons of Oceanus and Tethys.
Hades also brought a daughter of Oceanus to his kingdom, one Leuce, who died a natural death and became a white poplar, the tree of the Elysian Fields.