English > Roman deity: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans. |
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| Category | antiquity | The historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe |
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| Instances | Aurora | (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn |
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| Ceres | (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture |
| Cupid, Amor | (Roman mythology) god of love / love |
| Diana | (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt / hunt and the Moon |
| Faunus | (Roman mythology) ancient rural deity |
| Fortuna | (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck |
| Janus | (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages |
| Juno | (Roman mythology) queen / queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage |
| Jupiter, Jove | (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans |
| Luna | (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon |
| Mars | (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture |
| Mercury | (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce |
| Minerva | (Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom / wisdom / wisdom |
| Mors | (Roman mythology) Roman god of death |
| Neptune | (Roman mythology) god of the sea |
| Nox, Night | Roman goddess of night |
| Ops | (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility |
| Pluto, Dis, Dis Pater, Orcus | god of the underworld |
| Proserpina, Proserpine | goddess of the underworld |
| Saturn | (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation |
| Sol | (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god |
| Sylvanus, Silvanus | (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks |
| Tellus | (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth |
| Venus, Urania | goddess of love / love |
| Vesta | (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins |
| Victoria | (Roman mythology) goddess of victory |
| Vulcan | (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working |
| Narrower | Parcae | Any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny |
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| faun | ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail |
| Broader | 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 |
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| Spanish | divinidad romana |
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| Catalan | divinitat romana |
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