Definition of Roman deity

1. Noun. A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans.

Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal
Specialized synonyms: Faun, Parcae
Specialized synonyms: Urania, Venus, Mors, Mars, Diana, Minerva, Saturn, Ceres, Night, Nox, Amor, Cupid, Sol, Vulcan, Mercury, Janus, Juno, Vesta, Victoria, Faunus, Neptune, Proserpina, Proserpine, Dis, Orcus, Luna, Aurora, Tellus, Fortuna, Jove, Jupiter, Ops, Silvanus, Sylvanus
Category relationships: Antiquity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Deity

Roman Republic
Roman Rite
Roman alphabet
Roman alphabets
Roman arch
Roman architecture
Roman bath
Roman baths
Roman building
Roman calendar
Roman candle
Roman candles
Roman collar
Roman coriander
Roman cursive
Roman deity (current term)
Roman fever
Roman holiday
Roman hyacinth
Roman law
Roman mile
Roman miles
Roman mythology
Roman nettle
Roman nose
Roman noses
Roman numeral
Roman numerals
Roman pace

Literary usage of Roman deity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Ancient Classical and Scriptural Proper Names: In which Will by Thomas Browne, John Lemprière, John Walker (1812)
"... and put to death his accuser. Pint. AG'ONES CAPITOLI'NI, games celc- brated every fu^th year upon the Capi- toline hill. AGO'NIUS, a Roman deity, ..."

2. The Classical Manual: An Epitome of Ancient Geography, Greek and Roman by James Skerret Shore Baird (1855)
"Usually represented in a state of intoxication, and never seen without his wine-bag. SILVANUS, a Roman deity, who presided over the woods and forests. ..."

3. The Classical Manual: An Epitome of Ancient Geography, Greek and Roman by James Skerret Shore Baird (1853)
"SILVANUS, a Roman deity, who presided over the woods and forests. THEMIS, daughter of Uranus and Ge; the mother of Astraea, Irene, the Parcae, &c., &c. ..."

4. A Comment Upon Part of the Fifth Journey of Antoninus Through Britain; by Kennet Gibson, Richard Gough (1819)
"A DISSERTATION UPON THE Roman deity FOUND IN THE ANTIENT ... has afforded lately, namely, in the year 1765, the only Roman deity of its kind in the world. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Though a Roman deity, she was said to have been the daughter of the Greek deity Kronos and his sister-wife, Rhea. The Romans early identified Kronos with ..."

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