Oceanid

American  

[oh-see-uh-nid] / oʊˈsi ə nɪd /

noun

Classical Mythology.

• Oceanids,
  plural
• Oceanides
  plural

1. any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.

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Oceanid British  

/ əʊˈsɪənɪd /

noun

1. Greek myth any of the ocean nymphs born of Oceanus and Tethys

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Oceanides
  plural
• Oceanids
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Oceanid

< Greek Ōkeanídes daughters of Oceanus (nominative plural of Ōkeanís ), equivalent to Ōkean ( ós ) Oceanus + -ides -id ¹

Example Sentences

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Oceanides Oceanids

Taking a journey through icy waters and cascading waterfalls, the London Philharmonic present a quartet of pieces, including Debussy's La Mer and Sibelius's Oceanides - with an aquatic theme.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025

The following afternoon, "Become Ocean" followed two oceanic works, Sibelius' "The Oceanides" and Britten's Four Sea Interludes, and Passacaglia from "Peter Grimes."

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2018

Oceanus was an old god with a long beard and horned head who lived in a maritime cavern with his wife, Tethys, and his three hundred daughters, the Oceanides.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan

Chrysaor, in the old mythology, sprang from the blood of Medusa, armed with a golden sword, and married Callirrhoë, one of the Oceanides.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various

Thou dost inherit Our father's strength, and I our mother's weakness: The softness of the Oceanides, The yielding nature that cannot resist.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Oceanids, the nymphs of this great river, were their daughters.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Tethys is wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids.

From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton