Aphrodite
[,æfrə'daɪti]
Definition
(noun.) goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus.
Checker: Tanya--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
(n.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.
(n.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
Editor: Lucius
Examples
- And our flowers are of this--our sea-born Aphrodite, all our white phosphorescent flowers of sensuous perfection, all our reality, nowadays. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Aphrodite arose from those waters, and she was but an incarnation of the beauty which meets the eye on all sides. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yes; she was called The Aphrodite, but I rechristened her The Eunice out of compliment to you know whom. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is Aphrodite herself. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Edited by Jimmy