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Aphrodite

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more).

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Aphrodite

  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.
    Coordinate term: (Roman counterpart) Venus
    • 1877, Otto Seemann, The Mythology of Greece and Rome: With Special Reference to Its Use in Art, page 65:
      In the "Iliad", Aphrodite is represented as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the goddess of moisture, who, as the wife of the god of heaven, was held in high esteem among the old Pelasgians.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    Aphrodite Jones is an American author and TV producer.

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Greek goddess

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Noun

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Aphrodite (plural Aphrodites)

  1. Synonym of Aphrodite Giant (breed of cat).

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).

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  • IPA(key): [ɑfʁoˈd̥i(ː)d̥ə]

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Aphrodite

  1. (Greek mythology) Aphrodite

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Aphrodite f

  1. (Greek mythology) Aphrodite (goddess)

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).

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Aphrodītē f sg (genitive Aphrodītēs); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Aphrodite

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First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in ), singular only.