Cytherea
name
name ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The goddess Aphrodite. Greek
"Has Fashion iced that snowy breast / Where Cytherea's doves might rest, / Till sighs of Songland, sore distrest, / Its feelings may not harrow?"
Antonyms
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More examples"But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia), via Latin Cytherea.