different between phallus vs hermaphroditus

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