Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology The god of the waters, earthquakes, and horses, and brother of Zeus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Greek myth, one of the chief Olympians, brother of Zeus, and supreme lord of the sea, sometimes looked upon as a benignant promoter of calm and prosperous navigation, but more often as a terrible god of storm. His consort was the Nereid Amphitrite, and his attendant train was composed of Nereids, Tritons, and sea-monsters of every form. In art he is a majestic figure, closely approaching Zeus in type. His most constant attributes are the trident and the dolphin, with the horse, which he was reputed to have created during his contest with Athena for supremacy in Attica. The original Roman or Italic Neptune became assimilated to him.
- n. In zoology: A genus of worms.
- n. A genus of hemipterous insects of the family Scutelleridæ.
- n. A genus of crustaceans.
Wiktionary
- n. Greek mythology The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidōn). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Poseidon is fighting the Titan Oceanus (underwater, of course) but tells Percy it is time for him to hear the prophecy. (more …)”
“Argo and Umbrelo, and not sure if Poseidon is still alive.”
“Yet Russell doesn't need this, he's just been seen in Poseidon, and although it wasn't a huge smash, he's not viewed as the oldie in the back of the cast.”
“Poseidon is a remake of the 1972 adventure classic The Poseidon Adventure.”
“The Duman Oceanarium will be part of a huge entertainment complex known as Poseidon Park, each of which will have its own particular theme.”
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“The pipeline bypasses Russia and could be connected to the proposed Greece-Italy pipeline (also known as the Poseidon pipeline).”
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“Convinced that the Persians were ruined, the Greeks said a prayer of thanksgiving to the god of the sea, Poseidon, whom they now dubbed Poseidon the Savior.”
“[Greek name Poseidon] The Roman and Greek god who ruled the sea.”
“We had learned by now every chance that can happen to bull-dancers, whom the Cretans call Poseidon's little calves.”
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Names of military aircraft
Military aircraft are often given inspiring names. These are listed here.
Stratotanker, thunderbolt, lancer, spirit, Stratofortress, Hercules, Globemaster, Galaxy, Osprey, Sentry, Eagle, Falcon and 118 more...
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LIT - Greco-Latin gods and heroes
Ganymede, Io, Olympia, Callisto, Hera, Kronos, Despoina, Hyades, Dyaus, Rhadamanthus, Semele, Leto and 198 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...Odysseus, sea, Athene, goddess, land, Achaean, wind, wave, Ithaca, lead, Poseidon, mortal and 732 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
depict, delegation, daughter, Dardanus, Dardanian, Dardan, Hellespont, cupbearer, Crete, Cretan, Creon, copulate and 713 more...
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of the sea
maritime, mariner, nautical, plankton, crustaceans, cephalopod, Poseidon, windsurfer, tide, galleon, barquentine, jettison and 1 more...
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STONES (Lauterbach)
gist, truncated, placating, distillation, unction, remnant, nave, morphic, Poseidon, increments, processional, dross and 3 more...
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