different between ithyphallic vs phallus

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.

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

• phallus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”) from Ancient Greek ?????? (phallós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæl?s/
• Rhymes: -æl?s

Noun

phallus (plural phalli or phalluses)

1. A penis, especially when erect.
2. A representation of an erect penis symbolising fertility or potency.
3. (ornithology) A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male ratites.
4. (psychoanalysis) The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:penis

Derived terms

Related terms

• ithyphallic
• lingam

Coordinate terms

• yoni

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phallus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.lys/

Noun

phallus m (plural phallus)

1. phallus

Related terms

• phallique

See also

• pénis

References

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (phallós, “membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to blow, swell up”); compare follis (“sack”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?p?al.lus/, [?p?äl???s?]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /?fal.lus/, [?fal??s]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fal.lus/, [?f?l?us]

Noun

phallus m (genitive phall?); second declension

1. (mythology, religion) an iconic phallic figure of the male member borne in cult processions at a Dionysian orgy or festival of Bacchus as a symbol of the generative power of nature
2. (anatomy) phallus, membrum virile, penis
3. (figuratively, art) phallus; an artistic image of the membrum virile or other figurative representation of the erect penis as an icon representing male sexuality, potency, fertility

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• ithyphallicus
• phallicus
• Triphallus

Descendants

Further reading

• phallus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• phallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1171
• phallus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, page 1680