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Neptunus
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Neptúnus
English
Etymology
en ocean god :inh enm:Neptunus 1
From en enm Neptunus Roman god,Neptūnus n MED29318 or from its etymon en la Neptūnus Roman god: see further at en Neptune.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɛpt(j)uːnʊs/ /-t͡ʃuː-/ /-əs/ RP
en /ˈnɛpˌt(j)unʊs/ /-əs/ GA
en Nep tun us
Proper noun
en Roman god en Neptune Q3954 the Roman god of earthquakes and the ocean.
en 1923 Charles Knapp Other Deities The Aeneid of Vergil: Books I–VI. Selections VII–XII, and XIIand Selections from the Metamorphoses of Ovid with Introductions, Notes, Index and Vocabulary The Lake Classical Series Chicago, Ill.; Atlanta, Ga.; New York, N.Y. Scott, Foresman and Company chapter E (The Mythology of Vergil) 93 https://archive.org/details/aeneidofvergil0000char/page/93/mode/1up 15703912 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;
en 1978 w:Victor Hugo John Sturrock Of the Danger of Entrusting Your Secret to a Goat Notre-Dame of Paris w:Penguin Classics London w:Penguin Books 2004 book 7 248 https://archive.org/details/notredameofparis0000hugo/page/248/mode/1up 978-0-140-44353-0 ‘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.’
en 1987 Harry Paul Jeffers XX gods & lovers Stamford, Conn. Knights Press book 2 (The Pilgrim) 150 https://archive.org/details/godslovers0000jeff/page/150/mode/1up 0-915175-18-5 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.
Translations
synonym of Neptune Neptune
References
Afrikaans
Etymology
From af nl Neptunus.
Pronunciation
af Neptu nus
Proper noun
af astronomy en Neptune
af Roman god en Neptune
See also
af Planets of the Solar System
af Roman deities
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
From nl la Neptūnus.
Pronunciation
nl /nɛpˈtynʏs/
nl Nl-Neptunus.ogg
Proper noun
n
Neptune, the eighth planet of our solar system
Neptune, the Roman sea god
See also
nl Poseidon
nl Planets of the Solar System Roman deities
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
Neptune god
et Roman deities
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Neptūnus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Roman god Neptune
fi astronomy Neptune
Declension
Neptunu a
See also
fi Planets of the Solar System Roman deities
Latin
Etymology
la ocean god :inh itc-pro:*neptūnos<ety:der<ine-pro:*nebʰ-><ine-pro:*népōts><ett:𐌍𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌄>> 1
Probably from la itc-pro *neptūnos. The further etymology is uncertain; the following derivations have been suggested:
From la ine-pro *neptu- moist substance,de w:Paul Kretschmer Das indogermanische Urvolk The Indo-European Proto-people Einleitung in die Geschichte der griechischen Sprache Introduction to the History of the Greek Language Göttingen, Lower Saxony Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 1896 133 https://archive.org/details/einleitungindieg00kret/page/133/mode/1up 458059552.Raymond Bloch Quelques remarques sur Poseidon, Neptunus et Nethuns Some Remarks on Poseidon, Neptune and Nethuns Revue de l’Histoire des Religions Review of the History of Religions Paris w:Armand Colin 1981 347 0035-1423 644134268 republished in D’Héraklès à Poséidon, Mythologie et Protohistoire From Heracles to Poseidon: Mythology and Protohistory Hautes Études du Monde Gréco-Romain [Advanced Studies of the Greco-Roman World] 14 Geneva Librarie Droz11, rue Massot; Paris: Librarie Champion7, quai Malaquais 1985 133 https://archive.org/details/dheraklesposeido0000raym/page/133/mode/1up 21592997. possibly related to la ine-pro *nébʰos cloud; mist, moisture, from ine-pro *nebʰ- to become cloudy; to become damp.
From la ine-pro *népōts descendant; grandson; (possibly) nephew,fr w:Georges Dumézil Fêtes romaines d’étè et d’automne : suivi par Dix questions romaines Roman Festivals of the Summer and Autumn: Followed by, Ten Roman Questions Paris w:Éditions Gallimard 1975 25 2138140.Compare w:Yves Bonnefoy; w:Wendy Doniger Neptune Roman and European Mythologies Chicago, Ill.; London w:University of Chicago Press 1992 part 2 (Rome) 138–139 https://books.google.com/books?id=Uf2_kHAs22sC&pg=PA139 978-0-226-06455-0, citing G[eorges Dumezil Myth et Epopée III 41, and Alfred Ernout-Atoine Meillet Neptunus Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine 4th Paris 1985. in the sense of a descendant of water.
From la Nepe, la Nepet, la Nepete (now the town of Nepi in Viterbo, Italy), known for its mineral springs and in a district where a cult of Neptune (and his Etruscan counterpart ett 𐌍𐌄𐌈𐌖𐌍𐌔 Nethuns) existed,L[udwig] Preller Römische Mythologie Berlin 1858 II; w:Karl Otfried Müller; w:Wilhelm Deeke Etrusker II footnote 1b 54; w:Wilhelm Deeke Falisker 103, quoted in W[illiam] Warde Fowler Mensis Quinctilis The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic: An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the Romans London Macmillan and Co.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company 1899 footnote 3 185–186 https://archive.org/details/romanfestivalsof0000unse_a3t6/page/185/mode/1up 1245910. from la ett 𐌍𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌄, possibly from a pre-Indo-European word meaning “damp, wide valley; plain” and related to grc νᾰ́πη dell, glen, woodland vale; chasm.Robert [Stephen Paul] Beekes; with the assistance of Lucien van Beek grc νάπη w:Alexander Lubotsky Etymological Dictionary of Greek Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/2 Leiden, South Holland Brill 2010 996 978-90-04-17418-4 1574-3586.
Pronunciation
Neptūnus 1
Proper noun
Neptūnus<2.both>
la Roman god Neptune god of the sea
la New Latin astronomy Neptune planet
Declension
Neptūnus<2.both.sg>
Descendants
2 Inherited
fro netun marine monster nuiton alteration through confusion with nuit, "night"
frm luiton alteration through confusion with luire, "to glow"
fr lutin alteration of luiton, fr nuton regional, Ardennes françaises, fr luiton regional, Dauphiné
wa nûton
2 Borrowed
ca Neptú 1
fr Neptune 1
gl Neptuno 1
it Nettuno 1
pt Neptuno 1
ro Neptun 1
es Neptuno 1
References
Further reading
Neptūnus 406
la Planets of the Solar System Roman deities
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Neptune
Etymology
From enm la Neptūnus.
Pronunciation
enm /nɛpˈtiu̯nus/
Proper noun
enm proper noun
enm mythology The Roman god governing the sea; Neptune.
Usage notes
The planet known as en Neptune was yet undiscovered during the span of time inhabited by Middle English; therefore no planetary sense belonged to the word.
Descendants
en Neptune
References
Neptunus n MED29318 15 June 2018
enm Roman deities
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv /nɛpˈtʉːnɵs/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Neptunus.wav
Proper noun
sv Uranus planet ♆
c
Neptune (planet)
Neptune (Roman god)
See also
sv Planets of the Solar System Roman deities
West Frisian
Etymology
fy
Pronunciation
fy /nɛpˈtynəs/
Noun
c -
fy Planets of the Solar System Neptune (planet)
fy Roman deities Neptune (god)
Further reading
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