Poseidon

Gender Masculine
Scripts Pron. /po.seː.dɔ̂ːn/ (Classical Greek) /pə.ˈsaɪ.dn̩/ (English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Possibly derived from Greek posis) meaning "husband, lord" and da) meaning "earth" [1] [2] . The name first appears in Mycenaean Greek inscriptions as po-se-da-o. In Greek mythology Poseidon was the unruly god of the sea and earthquakes, the brother of Zeus. He was often depicted carrying a trident and riding in a chariot drawn by white horses.

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Rootsposis + da
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Statue of Poseidon from the 2nd century BCStatue of Poseidon from the 2nd century BC ©
  1. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry po/sis1, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dpo%2Fsis1.
  2. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry da=, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dda%3D.

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