Priapean

English Etymology en :bor la:Priāpēus<pos:from 1 la grc Πρῐᾱ́πειος, from 1 grc Πρῐ́ᾱπος<t:Priapus> -ειος> :af -an 1 adap en la:Priāpēus<pos:from 1 la grc Πρῐᾱ́πειος, from 1 grc Πρῐ́ᾱπος<t:Priapus> -ειος> -an. en Priapus -ean. Pronunciation en /ˌpɹaɪ̯.əˈpi.ən/ en iən 4 Adjective en Greek mythology Of, relating to, or in honour of Priapus or Priapos, a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia. en 1961 Harry E. Wedeck Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Citadel Press New York iii In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent. Thus the Priapean poetry of the ancients, particularly of the Romans, hymned sexual potency. Of, or relating to, an erect penis; phallic. en 1961 Harry E. Wedeck Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Citadel Press New York 85 Ovid, the amatory poet, describes a professional dancing-girl, whose subtle bodily movements are such an excitant as to provoke, in an ascetic such as the ancient Hippolytus, a priapean condition. Translations of or relating to Priapus French: fr priapéen Italian: it priapeo Noun en poetry A kind of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three metrical feet each, generally having a trochee in the first and fourth feet and an amphimacer in the third; applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each. Further reading 8715933734 en eponyms