Hermaphroditus

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A 19th-century coloured engraving of Hermaphroditus, based on a fresco from Herculaneum

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος (Hermaphróditos, from Ἑρμῆς (Hermês) +‎ Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɚˌmæf.ɹəˈdaɪ.təs/
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Proper noun

Hermaphroditus

  1. (Greek mythology) The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
  2. A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.

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References

  1. ^ Ephraim Chambers (1728) Cyclopedia - Volume I, page 993: “Theophrastus affirms, that Aphroditos, or Venus, is Hermaphroditus”
  2. ^ William Smith (1850) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 408

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος (Hermaphródītos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hermaphrodītus m sg (genitive Hermaphrodītī); second declension

  1. Hermaphroditus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hermaphrodītus
Genitive Hermaphrodītī
Dative Hermaphrodītō
Accusative Hermaphrodītum
Ablative Hermaphrodītō
Vocative Hermaphrodīte
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