Ὠκεανός
Okeanos, Ocean
Translated by Stacie Raucci5 Jun 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the sea in a circle around all the earth.
From the [verb]ke/w , I split, [comes] keano/s , and with the alpha privative and a change of alpha to omega [it becomes] w)keano/s ; "out of which all rivers and every sea and [all] the streams [flow]."1
From the [verb]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὠκεανός· ἡ κύκλῳ πάσης τῆς γῆς θάλασσα. παρὰ τὸ κέω, τὸ σχίζω, κεανός, μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς ω ὠκεανός· ἐξ οὗπερ πάντες ποταμοὶ καὶ πᾶσα θάλασσα καὶ πηγαί.
Betacode
*)wkeano/s: h( ku/klw| pa/shs th=s gh=s qa/lassa. para\ to\ ke/w, to\ sxi/zw, keano/s, meta\ tou= sterhtikou= a kai\ troph=| tou= a ei)s w w)keano/s: e)c ou(=per pa/ntes potamoi\ kai\ pa=sa qa/lassa kai\ phgai/.
Notes (1)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- μ639ΜερόηMeroeAn island on the way to the ocean. "Even if you set foot beyond Meroe..".
- ο665ὈρχάδεςOrchades, Orkades, Orkneys[The names of certain] islands near Ocean.
- ω8ὨγενίδαιOgenidai, Ogenos' offspringAncient [beings].
- ω44Ὠκεάνειον ῥεῦμαOceanic stream[Meaning] that of the ocean. "[Ocean,] out of which it is of course not possible to sail, because it is rough and dark."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history7 revisions · last 11 Sep 2023
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation, added betacode, fixed link and added another — Catharine Roth
- modified translation and notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Stacie Raucci