Associations to the word «Hermaphroditus»
Noun
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Wiktionary
HERMAPHRODITUS, proper noun. (Greek god) The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
HERMAPHRODITUS, proper noun. A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), and represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.
Dictionary definition
HERMAPHRODITUS, noun. (Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body.
Wise words
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