Oceanus

American  

[oh-see-uh-nuhs] / oʊˈsi ə nəs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaia, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.

2. a great stream of water encircling the earth and believed to be the source of all rivers, lakes, etc.

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Oceanus British  

/ əʊˈsɪənəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a Titan, divinity of the stream believed to flow around the earth

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Etymology

Origin of Oceanus

First recorded in 1580–1600; from Latin Ōceanus, from Greek Ōkeanós; further origin uncertain

Example Sentences

In 2020 Chang'e-5 brought back 1.7kg of material from an area called Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon's near side.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

China's Chang'e-5, the first lunar sample return mission since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, delivered 1.73 kilograms of regolith from the Oceanus Procellarum, a plane named for its vast size.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

The sea god Oceanus will allow Nymphia to save him if she sacrifices her memories and her human form and becomes a mermaid.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022

One of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-Cs will carry six payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, a vast dark plain on the western edge of the moon.

From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2022

Poseidon was under siege and losing a war against the sea Titan Oceanus.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan