Definition of Aphrodite

1. Noun. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus.

Exact synonyms: Cytherea
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity

Definition of Aphrodite

1. n. The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

Definition of Aphrodite

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love,''Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 born when Cronus castrated Uranus and threw his genitalia into the sea.''Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology'', Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986 ¹

2. Noun. (minerology) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aphrodite

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Aphrodite

1. 1. The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. 2. A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse. 3. A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphrodite

aphorizing
aphotesthesia
aphotic
aphotic zone
aphotometric
aphrasia
aphrasias
aphrenia
aphrite
aphrodisiacal
aphrodisiacs
aphrodisian
aphrodite (current term)
aphrodites
aphroditic
aphrometer
aphrometers
aphronia
aphtha
aphthae
aphthae major
aphthae minor
aphthitalite
aphthoid
aphthong
aphthongs
aphthosis

Literary usage of Aphrodite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"A certain Assyrian king, the tale runs, had a daughter named Smyrna (or Myrrha), whom, because of her continued disdain for aphrodite, the goddess in anger ..."

2. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"A certain Assyrian king, the tale runs, had a daughter named Smyrna (or Myrrha), whom, because of her continued disdain for aphrodite, the goddess in anger ..."

3. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1896)
"PACE the swine-god, Robertson Smith's and Frazer's theories discussed, 644— 647 ; Adonis-worship at Athens, 648, 649 ; aphrodite originally an earth- ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The function of aphrodite as the patroness of courtesans represents the most ... This has been supposed to point to a confusion between aphrodite and Hebe, ..."

5. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"aphrodite hid him in a chest and entrusted him to Persephone, but when the latter had beheld his beauty, she refused to surrender him, whereupon the two ..."

6. Naukratis by Ernest Arthur Gardner, Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1888)
"And having sacrificed to the goddess, and dedicated the image to aphrodite, he called his friends and relations to a banquet in the temple itself, ..."

7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1842)
"OF the fair Queen of Cyprus, tell me, muse, Th' all golden aphrodite and her doings ; She sweet ... Nor could the laughter-loving aphrodite In quiet homes, ..."

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