ithyphallic
Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processionsOf or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions.
Meaning
5 senses(Ancient Rome, historical)Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions.
ithyphallisch
итифалли́ческийitifallíčeskij
Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions.
(Ancient Rome, historical, specifically)Of a poem or song: having the metre of an ode sung in honour of the bacchic phallus.
Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.
(broadly)Lascivious, obscene.
развра́тныйrazvrátnyj, непристо́йныйnepristójnyj, похотли́выйpoxotlívyj
Pertaining to a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ἰθυφαλλικός (ithuphallikós), frBorrowed from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ἰθυφαλλικός (ithuphallikós), from ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος (īthŭ́phallos, “phallus carried in festivals of Bacchus; ode sung in honour of the phallus; dance accompanying such an ode; dancer performing such a dance”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος is derived from ἰθῠ́ς (ithŭ́s) (variant of εὐθῠ́ς (euthŭ́s, “straight”)) + φαλλός (phallós, “penis; image of a penis, phallus”). The English word can be analysed as ithyphallus + -ic.
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Forms
more ithyphallic, most ithyphallic| Comparative | more ithyphallic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most ithyphallic Lesson |
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Synonyms
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