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    GRAECO-ROMAN DEITY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A deity of classical mythologyplay

    Synonyms:

    Graeco-Roman deity; Greco-Roman deity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Graeco-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 "Graeco-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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