anadyomène

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναδυομένος (anaduoménos, “emerging, surfacing”), present middle participle of ἀναδύω (anadúō, “to surface”).

Adjective

anadyomène (plural anadyomènes)

  1. an epithet used to describe Venus emerging from the waves
  2. (by extension) Thrown-up by the sea

Further reading

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