Hermaphroditus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.

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Hermaphroditus

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος (Hermaphróditos, from Ἑρμῆς (Hermês) + Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē)).

androgynous intersex

hermaphrodite hermaphroditic hermaphroditism

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