φαλλός

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πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip

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Full diacritics: φαλλός Medium diacritics: φαλλός Low diacritics: φαλλός Capitals: ΦΑΛΛΟΣ
Transliteration A: phallós Transliteration B: phallos Transliteration C: fallos Beta Code: fallo/s

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof, borne in procession in the cult of Dionysus as an emblem of the generative power in nature, IG12.45.13, Hdt.2.48,49, Ar.Ach.243, Luc. Syr.D.16.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1253] ὁ (vgl. φάλης, Pfahl), das männliche Glied, bes. das nachgeahmte, das als Sinnbild der Zeugungskraft der Natur bei den Bacchusfesten in feierlichen Umzügen getragen wurde, Ar. Ach. 231. 248 Her. 2, 48. 49, mit der Verehrung des Lingam in Indien zusammenhangend. Es war ein Pflock von Holz, bes. von Feigenholz. Vgl. Luc. de dea Syr. 16. 28 Plut. Rom. 2.