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hermaphroditus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) = ἑρμαφρόδιτος: hermăphrŏdītus, i, m.
* A hermaphrodite, acc. to the myth, so called after the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, when bathing, grew together with Salmacis into one person: gignuntur et utriusque sexus, quos hermaphroditos vocamus, olim androgynos vocatos et in prodigiis habitos, nunc vero in deliciis,Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 34; cf. Ov. M. 4, 285 sq.; 383; Hyg. Fab. 271; Mart. 10, 4, 6.
* Transf., : hermaphroditae equae. Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.
* A hermaphrodite, acc. to the myth, so called after the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, when bathing, grew together with Salmacis into one person: gignuntur et utriusque sexus, quos hermaphroditos vocamus, olim androgynos vocatos et in prodigiis habitos, nunc vero in deliciis,Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 34; cf. Ov. M. 4, 285 sq.; 383; Hyg. Fab. 271; Mart. 10, 4, 6.
* Transf., : hermaphroditae equae. Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
See also:
Hermaphroditus
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