Aphrodite

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See also: aphrodite and Aphrodité

English

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Aphrodite

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē). Doublet of Aferdita.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æfɹəˈdaɪti/, /æfɹoʊˈdaɪti/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪti

Proper noun

Aphrodite

  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.
    Coordinate term: (Roman counterpart) Venus
    • 1877, Otto Seemann, The Mythology of Greece and Rome: With Special Reference to Its Use in Art, page 65:
      In the "Iliad", Aphrodite is represented as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the goddess of moisture, who, as the wife of the god of heaven, was held in high esteem among the old Pelasgians.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    Aphrodite Jones is an American author and TV producer.

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aphrodite

  1. (Greek mythology) Aphrodite

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ.dit/
  • Hyphenation: Aphro‧dite
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Aphrodite f

  1. (Greek mythology) Aphrodite (goddess)

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aphrodītē f sg (genitive Aphrodītēs); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Aphrodite

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Aphrodītē
genitive Aphrodītēs
dative Aphrodītae
accusative Aphrodītēn
ablative Aphrodītē
vocative Aphrodītē
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