Aphrodite
English
Alternative forms
- Aphrodité (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aphrodite
- (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.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Aphrodite Jones is an American author and TV producer.
Derived terms
Translations
Greek goddess
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See also
- (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus
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Anagrams
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑfʁoˈd̥i(ː)d̥ə]
Proper noun
Aphrodite
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ.dit/
- Hyphenation: Aphro‧dite
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Proper noun
Aphrodite f
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.pʰrɔˈdiː.teː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.froˈd̪iː.t̪e]
Proper noun
Aphrodītē f sg (genitive Aphrodītēs); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Aphrodītē |
genitive | Aphrodītēs |
dative | Aphrodītae |
accusative | Aphrodītēn |
ablative | Aphrodītē |
vocative | Aphrodītē |