Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO'TE-US
PRO'TE-US, n.1 [L. from Gr. Πρωτευς.]
In mythology, a marine deity, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, whose distinguishing characteristic was the faculty of assuming different shapes. Hence we denominate one who easily changes his form or principles, a Proteus.
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