Priapus Definition

prī-āpəs
noun
A god, son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, personifying the male procreative power.
Webster's New World

Phallus.

Webster's New World
An image of this god, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens.
American Heritage

A representation of a phallus.

Wiktionary
pronoun

(Greek mythology) The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Priapus

Noun

Singular:
priapus
Plural:
priapi

Origin of Priapus

  • Latin Priāpus from Greek Priāpos

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

  • Latin, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Priapos).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos).

    From Wiktionary

Priapus Sentence Examples

  • Lampsacus was the chief seat of the worship of Priapus, a gross nature-god closely connected with the culture of the vine.

  • This double sex also attributed to Dionysus and Priapus - the union in one being of the two principles of generation and conception - denotes extensive fertilizing and productive powers.

  • That the humming-bird (Nuitziton), which was the god's old shape, should become merely his attendant (like the owl of Pallas, the mouse of Apollo, the goose of Priapus, the cuckoo of Hera), when the god received anthropomorphic form, is an example of a process common in'all mythologies.

  • Collection of bawdy epigrams to the Roman god Priapus; the illustration of the first page may not be suitable for work.

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