Oceanid
noun
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
Oceanides
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pluralof Oceanid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Oceanides, the nymphs of the Ocean, all daughters of Oceanus, some 3000 in number.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
As to Prometheus, bringing ease In pain, come the Oceanides, So to the City, hot with the flame Of the pitiless sun, the east wind came.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He was the father of the Oceanides to the number of three thousand.
From Heathen Mythology by Various
