phallos

English

Noun

phallos (plural phalli)

1. Alternative form of phallus
   • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎^[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     The sun through the low window sent in a beam that lit up his thighs and slim belly and the erect phallos rising darkish and hot-looking from the little cloud of vivid gold-red hair.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰal.loːs/, [ˈpʰälːʲoːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.los/, [ˈfälːos]

Noun

phallōs m

1. accusative plural of phallus (“phallus; penis; artistic representation of an erect penis as icon of male sexuality, potency, fertility”)