Cytherea

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Proper noun

Cytherea f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – certain bee flies.

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia), via Latin Cytherea.

Proper noun

Cytherea

  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess Aphrodite.
    • 1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:
      The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea.

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia), from Ancient Greek Κύθηρα (Kúthēra, “Kythira”). Equivalent to Cythera +‎ -ea; see Cythereus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cytherēa f sg (genitive Cytherēae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Venus
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.257:
      parce metu, Cytherea: manent immota tuorum
      fata tibi
      don't fear, Venus: your children's fates remain fixed

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