LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

ōceanus1

ōceanus m (genitive ōceanī)
Classical[oːˈke.a.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. ocean, sea
  2. Medieval Latinany large body of water, including a channel or river
    Ōceanus Britannicusthe English Channel

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

maximum omnium marium; tōtum orbem terrārum cingit.
ōceanus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeōceanusōceanī
genitiveōceanīōceanōrum
dativeōceanōōceanīs
accusativeōceanumōceanōs
ablativeōceanōōceanīs
vocativeōceaneōceanī

Origins

  1. Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός(Ōkeanós)
  2. Latinōceanus

Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός (ōkeănós)bor. Latin ōceanus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός (ōkeănós).

Descendants
  • Catalanoceà
  • Frenchocéan
  • Italianoceano
  • Occitanocean
  • Romanianocean
  • Spanishocéano
  • Englishocean
  • GermanOzean
  • Portugueseoceano
  • Friulianocean

In English words that came into English from ōceanus

  • oceanicōceanicus
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Ōceanus2
Ōceanus m (genitive Ōceanī)
Classical[oːˈke.a.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus]

Meaning

  1. Ocean (that surrounds all the land, personified as a deity)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeŌceanus—
genitiveŌceanī—
dativeŌceanō—
accusativeŌceanum—
ablativeŌceanō—
vocativeŌceane—

Ōcĕănus, i, m. (rarely Ōcĕănum, i, n.), = Ὠκεανός,
I. the great sea that encompasses the land, the ocean: omnis terra parva quaedam insula est, circumfusa illo mari, quod Atlanticum, quod magnum, quem Oceanum appellatis in terris, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: Oceanum rubra obruit aethra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. p. 418 Vahl.): Oceani ostium, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207: Oceani freta, i. e. the Strait of Gades, Strait of Gibraltar, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; cf. id. N. D. 3, 10, 24: quae sunt maritimae civitates Oceanumque attingunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 34: circumvagus, circumfluent, Hor. Epod. 16, 41; cf. circumfusus, Rutil. 1, 56: dissociabilis, Hor. C. 1, 3, 22: beluosus, id. ib. 4, 14, 48: ruber, id. ib. 1, 35, 32.—The form Oceanum, n., is found only in apposition with mare: quam (insulam) mare Oceanum circumluit, Tac. H. 4, 12.—In acc.: proximus mare Oceanum, Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; cf.: se in nostrum et Oceanum mare extendit, Mel. 2, 6, 2.—In dat.: mari Oceano, Amm. 23, 6, 12.—In abl.: mari Oceano aut amnibus longinquis saeptum imperium, Tac. A. 1, 9.—(Supposed examples of the adjectival use of Oceanus, as Oceano fluctu and litore, in Juv. 11, 94 and 113 Jan; Oceanas aquas, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 4; Oceanis aquis, id. ib. 7, 12, 56, are dub.; several edd. read in Juv., Oceani; and in Ven., in the first passage, Oceanus, and in the second, Oceani.)—
2. Personified, as a deity, the son of Cœlus and Terra, the husband of Tethys, and the father of the rivers and nymphs, Cic. Univ. 11; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cat. 88, 6.—The ancient philosophers regard water as the primary element of all things; hence: Oceanumque patrem rerum, Verg. G. 4, 382.—
B. Transf.
1. A large bathing-tub (postclass.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 5.—
2. A Roman surname, Mart. 3, 95, 10; 5, 27, 4; 6, 9, 2; Inscr. Murat. 1453.—
II. Hence, †
A. ōcĕănensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the ocean, situated by the sea-side, Eckhel. D. N. 8, p. 110.—
B. ōcĕănītis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Ocean: Clioque et Beroe soror, Oceanitides ambae, Verg. G. 4, 341; Hyg. Fab. praef.

Origins

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós).

Descendants
  • FrenchOcéan
  • ItalianOceano
  • PortugueseOceano
  • SicilianUcìanu

In English words that came into English from Ōceanus

  • oceanŌceanus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyOceanusOceanus (Ὠκεανός), the god of the river Oceanus, by which, according to the most ancient notions of the Greeks, the whole earth was surrounded. An acc…

Quick answers

What does ōceanus mean in Latin?
ōceanus, a noun, means “ocean, sea; any large body of water, including a channel or river”.
What is the genitive of ōceanus?
The genitive singular is ōceanī. ōceanus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce ōceanus?
In classical Latin, [oːˈke.a.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus].
Where does ōceanus come from?
Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós) → Latin ōceanus.