Hermaphroditus

Hermaphroditus

English

A 19th-century coloured engraving of Hermaphroditus, based on a fresco from Herculaneum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɚˌmæf.ɹəˈdaɪ.təs/

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Proper noun

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]

Derived terms

• hermaphrodite
• hermaphroditic
• hermaphroditism

Translations

Greek god

Basque: Hermafrodita Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲁⲫⲣⲟⲇⲓⲧⲟⲥ (ermaphroditos) French: Hermaphrodite (fr) m Greek: Ερμαφρόδιτος m (Ermafróditos) Ancient: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος m (Hermaphróditos) Italian: Ermafrodito m Latin: Hermaphroditus m Lithuanian: Hermafroditas Polish: Hermafrodyta m Portuguese: Hermafrodito (pt) m Russian: Гермафроди́т (ru) m (Germafrodít) Spanish: Hermafrodito m

See also

• androgynous
• intersex

References

1. Ephraim Chambers (1728) Cyclopedia - Volume I, page 993: “Theophrastus affirms, that Aphroditos, or Venus, is Hermaphroditus”
2. William Smith (1850) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 408

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος (Hermaphródītos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /her.ma.pʰroˈdiː.tus/, [hɛrmäpʰrɔˈd̪iːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /er.ma.froˈdi.tus/, [ermäfroˈd̪iːt̪us]

Proper noun

Hermaphrodītus m sg (genitive Hermaphrodītī); second declension

1. Hermaphroditus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hermaphrodītus
Genitive	Hermaphrodītī
Dative	Hermaphrodītō
Accusative	Hermaphrodītum
Ablative	Hermaphrodītō
Vocative	Hermaphrodīte