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GRECO-ROMAN DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deity of classical mythology
Synonyms:
Graeco-Roman deity; Greco-Roman deity
Classified under:
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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