Hermaphroditus

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

• IPA^(key): /hɚˌmæf.ɹəˈdaɪ.təs/

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Hermaphroditus

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

• hermaphrodite
• hermaphroditic
• hermaphroditism

• androgynous
• intersex

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος (Hermaphródītos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɛr.ma.pʰrɔˈdiː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [er.ma.froˈd̪iː.t̪us]

Hermaphrodītus m sg (genitive Hermaphrodītī); second declension

1. Hermaphroditus

Second-declension noun, singular only.