Ἀφροδίσιος
aphrodisios
belonging to the goddess of love
Appears 21 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Ἀφροδίσιος, α, ον, also ος, ον 2.24, Am. 12, NA 1.2:—A. belonging to the goddess of love, ἔργον 7.48; ἄγρα Fr. 166; ὅρκος Smp. 183b; ἀθύρματα 2D.; λόγος 2D.; κῆπος 2D.; ὑμέναιον 12D. II. Ἀφροδίσια, τά, sexual pleasures, Mochl. 36, freq. in , as Phd. 81b, al.; τέρπνʼ ἄνθεʼ Ἀ. N. 7.53; τὰ τῶν ὡραίων Ἀ. Mem. 2.6.22; ἔργα Ἀ. Jusj.:—also as concrete, = amasius, Mem. 1.3.8. 2. festival of Aphrodite, Ἀ. ἄγειν HG 5.4.4, 253.1. 3. pudenda, Nigr. 16. III. Ἀφροδίσιον, τό, temple of Aphrodite, HG 5.4.58, GDI 5075.70 (Crete); her statue, Thes. 21, PPetr. 3p.113. 2. in pl., brothels, 6.29(ii B. C.). IV. Ἀφροδίσιος, ὁ (sc. μήν), name of a month in Cyprus, Abst. 2.54, etc.
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