Meanings
- Romanhuman sciencesSynonym of Neptune (“the Roman god of earthquakes and the ocean”).
From my hair I plucked a red flower which I had bought for the purpose, and tossed it onto the murky green water, for the day when I put myself again upon Neptunus’s broad waters.
1987, H[arry] Paul Jeffers, chapter XX, in gods & lovers, Stamford, Conn.: Knights Press, →ISBN, book 2 (The Pilgrim), page 1502 more examples
Attendants of Neptunus are Glaucus, Palaemon, the god of harbors (v. 823), Nereus and his daughters (the Nereides), and Phorcus, brother of Nereus (v. 240, 822-826). Of the Nereides, Thetis, Doto, Galatea, and others are mentioned (v. 825, ix. 102); their mother, Doris, is referred to in iii. 74. Cymothoe, too, and Triton appear in Neptunus’s train (i. 144), and help him in his work; […]
1923, Charles Knapp, “Other Deities”, in The Aeneid of Vergil: Books I–VI. Selections VII–XII, and XII […] (The Lake Classical Series), Chicago, Ill.; Atlanta, Ga.; New York, N.Y.: Scott, Foresman and Company, →OCLC, chapter E (The Mythology of Vergil), page 93‘Fair cousin,’ he said, going up to Fleur-de-Lys, ‘what is the subject of that piece of tapestry you are doing?’ ‘Fair cousin,’ replied Fleur-de-Lys in a resentful tone, ‘I have told you three times already. It’s Neptunus’s grotto.’
1978, Victor Hugo, translated by John Sturrock, “Of the Danger of Entrusting Your Secret to a Goat”, in Notre-Dame of Paris (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2004, →ISBN, book 7, page 248Synonyms: Neptune
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Neptune (“the Roman god of earthquakes and the ocean”).
Origin
- LatinNeptūnus“Roman god”
- Middle EnglishNeptunus“Roman god”
- EnglishNeptunus
From Middle English Neptunus (“Roman god”), or from its etymon Latin Neptūnus (“Roman god”): see further at Neptune.
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