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Aphrodite

See also: aphrodite and Aphrodité

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Aphrodite

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē). Doublet of Aferdita.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /æfɹəˈdaɪti/, /æfɹoʊˈdaɪti/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪti

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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. Her Roman counterpart is 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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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɑfʁoˈd̥i(ː)d̥ə]

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Aphrodite

  1. (Greek mythology) Aphrodite

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ.dit/
  • Hyphenation: Aphro‧dite
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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 (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aphrodītē
Genitive Aphrodītēs
Dative Aphrodītae
Accusative Aphrodītēn
Ablative Aphrodītē
Vocative Aphrodītē
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