different between ithyphallic vs ithyphalli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (ithuphallikós), from ??????????? (?thúphallos, “phallus carried in festivals of Bacchus; ode sung in honour of the phallus; dance accompanying such an ode; dancer performing such a dance”) + -???? (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). ??????????? is derived from ????? (ithús) (variant of ?????? (euthús, “straight”)) + ?????? (phallós, “penis; image of a penis, phallus”). The English word can be analysed as ithyphallus +? -ic.

As regards the noun, compare Latin ithyphallicum (“poem with the same metre as the hymns to Priapus”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????fæl?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????fæl?k/, /-??-/
• Rhymes: -æl?k
• Hyphenation: ithy?phall?ic

Adjective

ithyphallic (comparative more ithyphallic, superlative most ithyphallic)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions.
   1. (specifically) Of a poem or song: having the metre of an ode sung in honour of the bacchic phallus.
2. Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.

   Synonym: (one sense) priapic
3. (by extension) Lascivious, obscene.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene
4. (poetry) Pertaining to a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee.

Related terms

• ithyphallophobia
• ithyphallus

Translations

Noun

ithyphallic (plural ithyphallics)

1. A poem or song in an ithyphallic metre.
2. A lascivious or obscene poem or song.

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Notes

References

Further reading

• phallus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?th?f??l?, IPA^(key): /????fæla?/

Noun

ithyphalli

1. plural of ithyphallus