ur-ocean en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from German Urozean, equivalent to ur- + ocean.
Meanings
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A primordial ocean.
This ur-ocean, however, to him is not one more god among others, as is Hesiod's and Homer's “deeply vortexed Okeanos”; for Thales this ocean is the one and only source from which the world springs, by condensation and evaporation.
2009, Henning Genz, Nothingness: The Science Of Empty Space:
- Panthalassa.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ur-oceans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |