Aphrodite
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη, usually connected with ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”), but possibly of Semitic origin.
Proper noun [edit]
Aphrodite
- (Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love,[1] born when Cronus castrated Uranus and threw his genitalia into the sea.[2]
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Translations [edit]
Greek goddess
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References [edit]
- ^ Webster's College Dictionary, Random House, 2001
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology, Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986
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Proper noun [edit]
Aphrodite f
