Ithyphallic Definition

ĭthə-fălĭk
adjective
Of the phallus carried in the rites of Bacchus.
Webster's New World
Having the penis erect. Used of graphic and sculptural representations.
American Heritage
Lewd; obscene; lascivious.
Webster's New World
In the meter of the Bacchic hymns.
Webster's New World

Origin of Ithyphallic

  • Late Latin īthyphallicus from Greek īthuphallikos from īthuphallos erect phallus īthus straight phallos phallus bhel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ιθυφαλλικός (ithyfallikós)

    From Wiktionary

Ithyphallic Sentence Examples

  • The ithyphallic Min (Pan) was here worshipped as "the strong Horus."

  • In Arcadia he was specially worshipped as the god of fertility, and his images were ithyphallic, as also were the "Hermee" at Athens.

  • Represented as ithyphallic, with two tall plumes on his head, the right arm upraised and bearing a scourge.

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