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Roman deity

Roman deity

9.9
A god or goddess worshipped in ancient Rome
  • noun
  • /ˈroʊmən ˈdiːəti/
  • Literature
translation icon : deidad romana
  • Janus is a Roman deity who represents beginnings and transitions.

Examples

  • Venus, the Roman deity of love and beauty, was often worshipped in ancient temples.

  • Janus is a Roman deity.

    Blog text (32)

  • The Roman religion successfully accommodated foreign cults for centuries by incorporating their deities into the Roman religion as alternative identities for Roman deities.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Many stories in mythology revolve around Roman deities, such as Jupiter and Mars.

Synonyms

deity
vsRoman deity
62 7.4

A god or goddess that people worship and think has power over part of the world

is specifically worshipped by the ancient Romans
god
vsRoman deity
55 3.0

An object or image that people worship and treat as having power

is instead a divine figure worshipped by the ancient Romans

Surface Forms

Roman deity singular
Roman deities plural

Morphology

Roman + deity

The meaning 'a god or goddess worshipped by the ancient Romans' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'Roman' (pertaining to Rome) + 'deity' (a god). This is a straightforward noun-noun combination following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Roman deity comes from long ago in Rome, where people had many gods and goddesses in temples and in daily life. The word Roman shows the place and deity means 'a god', so Roman deity means 'a god or goddess worshipped by the ancient Romans'.