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GRECO-ROMAN DEITY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A deity of classical mythology

Synonyms:

Graeco-Roman deity; Greco-Roman deity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Greco-Roman deity" is a kind of...):

deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Greco-Roman deity"):

nymph ((classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden)

Latona; Leto (wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology)

Instance hyponyms:

Aesculapius; Asclepius; Asklepios (son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea)

Bacchus ((classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus)

Priapus ((classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards)

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