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|lshtext=<b>Ōcĕănus</b>: i, m. ([[rarely]] Ōcĕănum, i, n.), = [[Ὠκεανός]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[great]] [[sea]] [[that]] encompasses the [[land]], the [[ocean]]: [[omnis]] [[terra]] parva quaedam [[insula]] est, circumfusa [[illo]] mari, [[quod]] Atlanticum, [[quod]] magnum, quem Oceanum appellatis in terris, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: Oceanum rubra obruit [[aethra]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. p. 418 Vahl.): Oceani [[ostium]], Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207: Oceani freta, i. e. the Strait of [[Gades]], Strait of [[Gibraltar]], id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; cf. id. N. D. 3, 10, 24: quae sunt maritimae civitates Oceanumque attingunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 34: [[circumvagus]], circumfluent, Hor. Epod. 16, 41; cf. [[circumfusus]], Rutil. 1, 56: [[dissociabilis]], Hor. C. 1, 3, 22: [[beluosus]], id. ib. 4, 14, 48: [[ruber]], id. ib. 1, 35, 32.—The form Oceanum, n., is [[found]] [[only]] in apposition [[with]] [[mare]]: [[quam]] (insulam) [[mare]] Oceanum circumluit, Tac. H. 4, 12.—In acc.: [[proximus]] [[mare]] Oceanum, Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; cf.: se in [[nostrum]] et Oceanum [[mare]] extendit, Mel. 2, 6, 2.—In dat.: mari Oceano, Amm. 23, 6, 12.—In abl.: mari Oceano aut amnibus longinquis [[saeptum]] [[imperium]], Tac. A. 1, 9.—(Supposed examples of the adjectival [[use]] of [[Oceanus]], as Oceano fluctu and litore, in Juv. 11, 94 and 113 Jan; Oceanas aquas, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 4; Oceanis aquis, id. ib. 7, 12, 56, are dub.; [[several]] edd. [[read]] in Juv., Oceani; and in Ven., in the [[first]] [[passage]], [[Oceanus]], and in the [[second]], Oceani.)—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personified, as a [[deity]], the [[son]] of Cœlus and Terra, the [[husband]] of [[Tethys]], and the [[father]] of the rivers and nymphs, Cic. Univ. 11; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cat. 88, 6.—The [[ancient]] philosophers [[regard]] [[water]] as the [[primary]] [[element]] of all things; [[hence]]: Oceanumque patrem rerum, Verg. G. 4, 382.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[large]] bathing-[[tub]] (postclass.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Roman [[surname]], Mart. 3, 95, 10; 5, 27, 4; 6, 9, 2; Inscr. Murat. 1453.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence, ‡<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ōcĕănensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the [[ocean]], [[situated]] by the [[sea]]-[[side]], Eckhel. D. N. 8, p. 110.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ōcĕănītis, ĭdis, f., a [[daughter]] of [[Ocean]]: Clioque et [[Beroe]] [[soror]], Oceanitides ambae, Verg. G. 4, 341; Hyg. Fab. praef.
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