Oceanid

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Alternative forms

  • Oceanide (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Oceanis, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανίς (Ōkeanís), from Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós) +‎ -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Oceanus”. By surface analysis, Oceanus +‎ -id.

Noun

Oceanid (plural Oceanids or Oceanides)

  1. (Greek mythology) Any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea-nymph.

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