Oceanid

[ oh-see-uh-nid ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

, plural O·ce·a·nids, O·ce·an·i·des [oh-see-, an, -i-deez].

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

Oceanid

/ əʊˈsɪənɪd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Oceanid¹

< Greek Ōkeanídes daughters of Oceanus (nominative plural of Ōkeanís ), equivalent to Ōkean ( ós ) Oceanus + -ides -id ¹

Example Sentences

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.—

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg