Cytherea

Translingual mul Etymology mul Proper noun 1 f genus family Bombyliidae certain bee flies Hypernyms genus ; Cythereinae subfamily - subfamily References Cytherea (fly) Cytheria (fly) 1 1 English Etymology From en grc Κυθέρεια, via en la Cytherea. Proper noun en Greek god The goddess Aphrodite. en 1876 The Little Birds to Lesbia Punch 69-70 218 Has Fashion iced that snowy breast / Where Cytherea's doves might rest, / Till sighs of Songland, sore distrest, / Its feelings may not harrow? en 1877 w:Henry Kendall Ode to a Black Gin The Australian Town and Country Journal 24 The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea. Anagrams en aceehrty cheatery eye chart eyechart Latin Alternative forms la Cythere poetic la Cythereia Etymology From la grc Κυθέρεια, from la grc Κύθηρα<t:Kythira>. Equivalent to la Cythera ea; see la Cythereus. Pronunciation cytherēa Proper noun Cytherēa<1> f la Roman god Venus la Virgil Aeneid 1 257 258 parce metu, Cytherea: manent immota tuorum fata tibi [...] don't fear, Venus: your children's fates remain fixed References Cythera Cythera