OCEANID Definition & Meaning

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Oceanid

[ oh-see-uh-nid ]

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noun

Classical Mythology.

plural Oceanids, Oceanides

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

Oceanid

/ əʊˈ��ɪə��ɪ�� /

noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Oceanid¹

< Greek Ō��𲹲�í�� daughters of Oceanus (nominative plural of Ō��𲹲�í�� ), equivalent to Ō��𲹲� ( ó�� ) Oceanus + -ides -id ¹

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Up velvet lawns of lilac skies The tawny moon begins to rise Behind low, blue-black hills of trees,— As rises up, in Siren seas, To rock in purple deeps, hip-hid, A virgin-bosomed Oceanid.—

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Up velvet lawns of lilac skies The tawny moon begins to rise Behind low blue-black hills of trees, As rises from faint Siren seas, To rock in purple deeps, hip-hid, A virgin-bosom'd Oceanid.

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oceanic trench ocean liner

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