Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who became united in one body with the nymph Salmacis.
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- noun Greek mythology the son of
Hermes andAphrodite who merged bodies with anaiad .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
Etymologies
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Examples
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I've already incorporated a great deal of Ovid's Metamorphoses — — the story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus from the fourth book.
"To be an actor, you have to be a child." asakiyume 2008
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"Hermaphroditus" (the only time it is named) it spreads its wings and flies her upstream, where she and the poem abandon it (xliii).
Shelley's Pod People 2005
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The proper name "Hermaphroditus" refers us back to another tale from The Metamorphoses in which latency proves to be destiny.
Shelley's Pod People 2005
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Already bearing the stitched together names of his famously libidinal parents Hermes and Aphrodite, "Hermaphroditus," at fifteen years old, has no interest in awakening to sexual desire: the plot turns on his refusal of the nymph Salmacis, whose pool
Shelley's Pod People 2005
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Such was his extravagant commendation, and, consequently, his hearty approbation of a most unnatural production, "Hermaphroditus," which ultimately received the censure of the author himself, who was ashamed that he had written it, as shown in the following epigram preserved by Cardinal
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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She was also the mother of Hermaphroditus with Mercury (Hermes), Priapus with Dionysus (Bacchus), and Beroe (after whom the city Berytus in Lebanon was named) with Adonis.
Sense & Sensuality 2009
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Hermaphroditus, the son of Aphrodite and Hermes, is a hermaphrodite, giving his name to those whose physiology incorporates both a penis and female breasts.
Sense & Sensuality 2009
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She was also the mother of Hermaphroditus with Mercury (Hermes), Priapus with Dionysus (Bacchus), and Beroe (after whom the city Berytus in Lebanon was named) with Adonis.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Hermaphroditus, the son of Aphrodite and Hermes, is a hermaphrodite, giving his name to those whose physiology incorporates both a penis and female breasts.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Salmacis would not be seen of Hermaphroditus, till she had spruced up herself first,
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