ocean的词源
英文词源
- ocean
- ocean: [13] In Greek mythology, ōkeanós was a great river or sea that completely encircled the world. This was personified as Ōkeanós, a Titan who was god of this outer sea. The name passed into English via Latin ōceanus and Old French occean, and to begin with was used only for this mythical sea, or for the whole body of water surrounding the Eurasian landmass, with which it was identified. Not until the end of the 14th century did it begin to be applied to large inpidual sections of the Earth’s seas.
- ocean (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French occean "ocean" (12c., Modern French océan), from Latin oceanus, from Greek okeanos, the great river or sea surrounding the disk of the Earth (as opposed to the Mediterranean), of unknown origin. Personified as Oceanus, son of Uranus and Gaia and husband of Tethys. In early times, when the only known land masses were Eurasia and Africa, the ocean was an endless river that flowed around them. Until c. 1650, commonly ocean sea, translating Latin mare oceanum. Application to inpidual bodies of water began 14c.; there are usually reckoned to be five of them, but this is arbitrary; also occasionally applied to smaller subpisions, such as German Ocean "North Sea."
中文词源
ocean（海洋）：希腊神话中的大洋河神俄刻阿诺斯
大洋河神俄刻阿诺斯（Oceanus）希腊神话中的一个泰坦巨神，大洋河的河神。所谓大洋河是希腊人想象中环绕整个大地的巨大河流，代表了世界上的全部海域。
大洋河神俄刻阿诺斯是第二代神，为大地女神盖亚与天神乌拉诺斯的儿子，第二代神王克洛诺斯的各个。俄刻阿诺斯和他妻子忒堤斯一个生下了3000个儿子和3000个女儿，这就是世界各地的河神与大洋神女。
从俄刻阿诺斯的名字Oceanus中产生了表示“海洋”的英语单词ocean。
Oceanus： [əu'siənəs] 俄刻阿诺斯
ocean：['əʊʃ(ə)n]n.海洋
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：ocean 词源，ocean 含义。
该词源于古希腊神话。古希腊人认为有一条环绕大地的巨川，它是万水之源，日月星辰（除大熊座之外）都从此河升起，又落入此河。他们称之为Okeanos，拉丁语作Oceanus，并将它拟人化为统治万水之神，汉译常作“大洋神”，在荷马时代被认为是万神之祖。意为“海洋”的英语单词ocean正是来源于Oceanus，它是在1290年前后从古法语ocean直接借过来的。
来自拉丁语Oceanus,海神。
