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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad. Greek
2. 2
   A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.

Example

More examples

"Hermaphroditus is the son of Hermes and Aphrodite."

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος (Hermaphróditos, from Ἑρμῆς (Hermês) + Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē)).

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