英语词汇priapus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

priapus. The name of the Greek and Roman god Priapus has come to mean a representation of a phallus, and the adjective priapic means “relating to or overly concerned with masculini- ty.” Originally, however, Priapus, said to be the son of Aphro- dite and Dionysus, was a fertility god of gardeners whose statue was often placed in home gardens. Represented as a grotesque, deformed creature with a huge penis, he was thought by the Roman poet Virgil to be “little more than a venerable scare- crow” used to keep birds and thieves away from the fruits and vegetables.

词汇	priapus
词源	priapus. The name of the Greek and Roman god Priapus has come to mean a representation of a phallus, and the adjective priapic means “relating to or overly concerned with masculini- ty.” Originally, however, Priapus, said to be the son of Aphro- dite and Dionysus, was a fertility god of gardeners whose statue was often placed in home gardens. Represented as a grotesque, deformed creature with a huge penis, he was thought by the Roman poet Virgil to be “little more than a venerable scare- crow” used to keep birds and thieves away from the fruits and vegetables.
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