Poseidon

See also: poseidon, Poséidon, and Poseidón

English

Poseidon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈsaɪdn̩/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Poseidon

1. (Greek mythology) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.

Translations

the god of the sea

• Akkadian: ^{(please verify)} 𒉿𒋛𒁺𒉡 (pi-si-du-nu)
• Arabic: بُوسِيدُون m (busidun), بُوسَيْدُون m (busaydun)
• Armenian: Պոսեյդոն (hy) (Poseydon)
• Bulgarian: Посейдо́н m (Posejdón)
• Catalan: Posidó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波塞冬 (zh) (Bōsàidōng)

• Coptic: ⲡⲟⲥⲓⲧⲱⲛ (positōn)
• Czech: Poseidon m, Poseidón m
• Esperanto: Posejdono, Pozidono
• Finnish: Poseidon (fi)
• French: Poséidon (fr) m
• Friulian: Poseidon m
• Galician: Poseidón m
• Georgian: პოსეიდონი (ṗoseidoni)
• German: Poseidon (de) m
• Greek: Ποσειδώνας (el) m (Poseidónas)

  Ancient: Ποσειδῶν m (Poseidôn)

  Mycenaean Greek: 𐀡𐀮𐀂𐀈𐀙 (po-se-i-do-na)

• Hungarian: Poszeidón
• Irish: Poiséadón m
• Italian: Poseidone m
• Japanese: ポセイドーン (Poseidōn), ポセイドン (ja) (Poseidon)
• Korean: 포세이돈 (Poseidon)
• Old Church Slavonic: писидонъ m (pisidonŭ)
• Polish: Posejdon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Poseidon (pt) m, Posídon m, Possêidon m, Posidão m
• Russian: Посейдо́н (ru) m (Posejdón)
• Spanish: Poseidón m, Posidón m
• Swahili: Poseidoni
• Swedish: Poseidon (sv) c
• Thai: โพไซดอน (poosaidon)
• Ukrainian: Посейдо́н m (Posejdón)

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Anagrams

• poisoned

Czech

Alternative forms

• Poseidón

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposɛɪdon]

Proper noun

Poseidon m anim

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

Declension

Declension of Poseidon (sg-only hard masculine animate)

	singular
nominative	Poseidon
genitive	Poseidona
dative	Poseidonovi
accusative	Poseidona
vocative	Poseidone
locative	Poseidonovi
instrumental	Poseidonem

Further reading

• “Poseidon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Poseidon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈzaɪ̯dɔn]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Poseidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Poseidons)

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

Portuguese

Poseidon

Alternative forms

• Posídon
• Possêidon
• Posidão

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zejˈdõ/ [po.zeɪ̯ˈdõ], (nonstandard but very common) /po.sejˈdõ/ [po.seɪ̯ˈdõ]

Proper noun

Poseidon m

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon (god of the sea)

See also

• Netuno, Neptuno

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Proper noun

Poseidon c (genitive Poseidons)

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Turkish

Proper noun

Poseidon

1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon