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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