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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Prĭāpus</b>: i, f.<br /><b>I</b> A [[town]] of [[Mysia]], on the [[Hellespont]], Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141.—<br /><b>II</b> An [[island]] [[near]] [[Ephesus]], Plin. 5, 31, 38, § 137.<br /><b>Prĭāpus</b>: i, m., = [[Πρίαπος]],<br /><b>I</b> [[Priapus]], the [[god]] of Procreation; [[hence]], of gardens and vineyards, [[where]] his statues were placed, Col. 10, 108; cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 2; Verg. G. 4, 111; Ov. M. 9, 347; id. F. 1, 415; Juv. 6, 316; Sen. Const. 18, 3; cf. Vulg. 3 Reg. 15, 13 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Priapus]] [[vitreus]], a [[drinking]]-[[vessel]] of [[obscene]] [[shape]], Juv. 2, 95: [[siligineus]], a [[cake]] of the [[same]] [[shape]], Mart. 14, 69; Petr. 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A lecherous [[person]], Cat. 47, 4; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 32.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Prĭāpēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Priapus]], Priapian: [[metrum]], Diom. p. 512 P.—Prĭāpēĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. carmina), a [[collection]] of poems [[upon]] [[Priapus]], by [[various]] authors.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Prĭāpus</b>¹¹ <b>(-os)</b>, ī, m. ([[Πρίαπος]]), Priape [fils de [[Bacchus]] et de Vénus, né à Lampsaque, dieu des jardins, représentant la vigueur génératrice] : Virg. G. 4, 111 ; Hor. S. 1, 8, 2 ; Ov. F. 1, 415 || [[vitreus]] Juv. 2, 95, coupe en forme de Priape || [fig.] un Priape [un débauché] : Catul. 47, 4 || <b>-pēĭus (-īus)</b>, a, um, de Priape : [[versus]] Ter. Maur. 2812 ; Diom. 495, 91, vers priapéen || <b>-pēĭa</b>, ōrum, n., ensemble de poèmes de différents auteurs sur Priape.
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