Priapus, in alter Mythologie Feldgott, als Symbol der Fruchtbarkeit mit aufgerichtetem Phallus dargestellt, im Volksglauben Schützer der Gärten gegen Diebe u. Vögel. Priapeia, Sammlung kleiner obscöner röm. Gedichte, wahrscheinlich von mehren Verfassern. Priapisch, wollüstig, obscön; Priapismus, krankhafter, schmerzlicher Reiz des männlichen Glieds.
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Priapus — [prī ā′pəs] n. [L < Gr Priapos] 1. Gr. & Rom. Myth. a god, son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, personifying the male procreative power 2. [p ] PHALLUS (sense 1) … English World dictionary
Priapus — For the ancient city in Asia Minor, see Karabiga. Priapus Fresco of Priapus, House of the Vettii, Pompeii. Minor rustic fertility god, protector of flocks, fruit plants, bees and gardens … Wikipedia
PRIAPUS — I. PRIAPUS Liberi patris et Veneris fil. quem superstitiosa antiquitas hortorum praesidem credidit, addo et portuum. Leonidas vetus poeta: Ταῦθ᾿ ὁ Πρίηπος ἐγὼν ἐπιτέλλομαι ὁ λιμενίτης. De quo vide Voss. de Idol. l. 2. c. 7. et Dempster. ad Rosin … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
priapus — an erect penis Priapus was the Pan of Mysia, usually depicted in such a condition: He threatened her with a priapus that had already once inflicted upon her an almost mortal wound. (Nabokov, 1968) Rarely used as a mild male insult,… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Priapus — /pruy ay peuhs/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite. 2. (l.c.) a phallus. * * * Greek god of animal and vegetable fertility. He was represented in a caricature of the human form, grotesquely… … Universalium
Priapus — Pri|a|pos, Pri|a|pus (griech. röm. Mythol.): Gott der Fruchtbarkeit. * * * Priapus, griechisch Prịapos, griechischer Mythos: Fruchtbarkeitsgott vorgriechischer Herkunft, dessen ursprünglich im Hellespont (besonders in Lampsakos) heimischer… … Universal-Lexikon
Priapus — Priapos Fresko, Haus der Vettier in Pompeji Priapos (griechisch Πρίαπος, auch latinisiert Priapus), Sohn des Dionysos und der Aphrodite war in der griechischen Mythologie ein Gott der Fruchtbarkeit, u … Deutsch Wikipedia
priapus — noun /pɹaɪˈeɪpəs/ An image of the god Priapus, or of a penis … Wiktionary
PRIAPUS — an ancient deity, the personification of the generating or fructifying power, and worshipped as the protector of flocks of sheep and goats, of bees, of the vine and other garden products; a worship known as the Priapus worship prevailed… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
PRIAPUS et PRIAPUM — Laspi, teste Nigrô, urbs Mysiae Asianae ad Hellespontum maritimae cum fluvio cognomine. Pario et Lampsaco finitima. A Priapo Deastro, qui ibi colebatur, illamque condidit. Virg. l. 4. Georg. v. 111. Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi. Plin. l. 5 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
