neptunus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Neptune (“the god of the ocean and of earthquakes”).
Example Sentences
- "Attendants of Neptunus are Glaucus, Palaemon, the god of harbors (v. 823), Nereus and his daughters (the Nereides), and Phorcus, brother of Nereus (v. 240, 822-826). Of the Nereides, Thetis, Doto, Galatea, and others are mentioned (v. 825, ix. 102); their mother, Doris, is referred to in iii. 74. Cymothoe, too, and Triton appear in Neptunus’s train (i. 144), and help him in his work; […]"
- "‘Fair cousin,’ he said, going up to Fleur-de-Lys, ‘what is the subject of that piece of tapestry you are doing?’ ‘Fair cousin,’ replied Fleur-de-Lys in a resentful tone, ‘I have told you three times already. It’s Neptunus’s grotto.’"
- "From my hair I plucked a red flower which I had bought for the purpose, and tossed it onto the murky green water, for the day when I put myself again upon Neptunus’s broad waters."