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ROMAN DEITY

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Meaning:

A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("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)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

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

faun (ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr)

Parcae (any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns)

Instance hyponyms:

Silvanus; Sylvanus ((Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart)

Ops ((Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor)

Jove; Jupiter ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus)

Fortuna ((Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche)

Tellus ((Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea)

Aurora ((Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos)

Luna ((Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene)

Dis; Dis Pater; Orcus; Pluto ((Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades)

Proserpina; Proserpine (goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone)

Neptune ((Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon)

Faunus ((Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan)

Victoria ((Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike)

Vesta ((Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia)

Juno ((Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera)

Janus ((Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head)

Mercury ((Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes)

Vulcan ((Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus)

Sol ((Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios)

Amor; Cupid ((Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros)

Night; Nox (Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx)

Ceres ((Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter)

Saturn ((Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus)

Minerva ((Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena)

Diana ((Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis)

Mars ((Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares)

Mors ((Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos)

Urania; Venus (goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite)

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