Paphian

English 2011 April 17 Etymology From en la Paphius [from en grc Πάφιος, from 1 grc Πάφος<t:Paphos> -ιος] + English en -an. Pronunciation en /ˈpeɪfɪən/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Paphian.wav Southern England Adjective - en Paphos, the mythical birthplace of the goddess of love on the island of Cyprus. from 16th c. en 1611 Homer George Chapman Iliads 281 https://books.google.com/books?id=ashjAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA281 […] the Paphian'' deitie, III Then thus incensed, the Paphian queen replies: / "Obey the power from whom thy glories rise: / Should Venus leave thee, every charm must fly, / Fade from thy cheek, and languish in thy eye. / Cease to provoke me, lest I make thee more / The world’s aversion, than their love before; / Now the bright prize for which mankind engage, / Than, the sad victim, of the public rage." II VIII 441–446 181 So ſaying, the might of Vulcan loos’d the ſnare, / And they, detain’d by thoſe coercive bands / No longer, from the couch upſtarting, flew, / Mars into Thrace, and to her Paphian home / The Queen of ſmiles, where deep in myrtle groves / Her incenſe-breathing altar ſtands embow’r’d. en literary Pertaining to love or sexual desire, especially when illicit. from 16th c. en 1613 w:John Marston; William Barksted The Insatiate Countess act III scene 4 Cease admiration, sit to Cupid's feast, / The preparation to Paphian dalliance. en 1873 Anonymous (William Potter) w:William Lazenby The Romance of Lust; or, Early Experiences I I lay, as it were, in the Paphian bower of bliss, in a state of exquisite sensations quite impossible to describe. en 1906 O. Henry s:Man About Town People passed, but they held me not. Paphian eyes rayed upon me, and left me unscathed. Translations of, from or relating to Paphos Finnish: fi paphoslainen French: fr paphien Italian: it pafio Latin: la Paphius, la Paphiacus Polish: pl pafijski Spanish: es pafio pertaining to love or sexual desire, especially when illicit Polish: pl pafijski Russian: ru распу́тный Noun en Paphos. en 1854 Charles Duke Yonge Athenaeus of Naucratis The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned II http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Literature/Literature-idx?id=Literature.AthV2 777 Then there is the mastus. Apollodorus the Cyrenæan, as Pamphilus says, states that this is a name given to drinking-cups by the Paphians. en literary A prostitute. en 1824 w:Lord Byron Don Juan Canto the Eleventh, XXX They reach'd the hotel: forth stream'd from the front door / A tide of well-clad waiters, and around / The mob stood, and as usual several score / Of those pedestrian Paphians who abound / In decent London when the daylight's o'er; / Commodious but immoral, they are found / Useful, like Malthus, in promoting marriage. en 1980 w:Gene Wolfe The Shadow of the Torturer 9 A smile I had learned to know elsewhere lurked at one corner of my paphian's mouth. Translations native or inhabitant of Paphos Finnish: fi -lainen paphoslainen French: fr Paphien m, fr Paphienne f Polish: pl Pafijczyk m-pr, pl Pafijka f (literary) a prostitute Finnish: fi kurtisaani Polish: pl kurtyzana f Russian: ru куртиза́нка f