Aphrodite
English
/æfɹəˈdaɪti/
proper noun
Definitions
- (Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Venus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Venus, Aphrodit).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Ἀφροδίτη
Gloss
Venus, Aphrodit
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anaphroditic English
- Aprīlis Latin
- Aphrodité Hungarian
- Afrodite Italian
- Афродита Russian
- Afrodita Spanish, Castilian
- Γένθιος Ancient Greek
- δίτη Ancient Greek
- ἀφρο Ancient Greek
- Ἀφροδίτη Ancient Greek
- Afrodite Portuguese
- Afrodite Danish
- Aphrodite Danish
- Afrodita Serbo-Croatian
- Афродита Serbo-Croatian
- Afrodita Catalan, Valencian
- Afrodita Galician
- Afërditë Albanian
- 아프로디테 Korean
- Afroditė Lithuanian
- ܐܦܪܘܕܝܛܐ Classical Syriac
- 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 Etruscan