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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: goddess of love (Il.)<br />Dialectal forms: Cypr. <b class="b3">᾽Αφοροδίτα</b>, Cret. <b class="b3">᾽Αφορδίτα</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Ἀφροδιτάριον</b> an eyesalve (Gal.), <b class="b3">Ἀφροδιταρίδιον</b> [[darling]] (Pl. Com.). Adj. <b class="b3">Ἀφροδίσιος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to A.</b> (Ion.-Att.), subst. <b class="b3">Ἀφροδίσιον</b> <b class="b2">temple of A.</b>; with <b class="b3">ἀφροδισιακός</b>; but <b class="b3">Ἀφροδισιασταί</b> <b class="b2">the adorants of A.</b> (Rhodos) cf. <b class="b3">Ἀπολλωνιασται</b>.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.?<br />Etymology: The connection with <b class="b3">ἀφρός</b> (Kretschmer KZ 33, 267) or other explanations (E. Maaß N. Jb. f. d. klass. Altertum 27, 457ff.) are now abandoned. - As the goddess seems to be of oriental origin (Burkert, Religion 152ff.), her name will also come from there. A possibility is the Semitic name of the goddess Aštoret, Astarte (Hommel N. Jb. f. klass. Philol. 125 [1882], 176); cf. Burkert l.c. 248 n. 18. It may have reached the Greeks through another language. - Less probable Hammarström Glotta 11, 21 5f.: <b class="b3">Ἀφροδίτη</b> the [[Herrin]], [[Vorsteherin]], [[Fürstin]], to Pre-Greek <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b>, etr. (<b class="b2">e)prʮni</b>. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: goddess of love (Il.)<br />Dialectal forms: Cypr. <b class="b3">᾽Αφοροδίτα</b>, Cret. <b class="b3">᾽Αφορδίτα</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Ἀφροδιτάριον</b> an eyesalve (Gal.), <b class="b3">Ἀφροδιταρίδιον</b> [[darling]] (Pl. Com.). Adj. <b class="b3">Ἀφροδίσιος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to A.</b> (Ion.-Att.), subst. <b class="b3">Ἀφροδίσιον</b> <b class="b2">temple of A.</b>; with <b class="b3">ἀφροδισιακός</b>; but <b class="b3">Ἀφροδισιασταί</b> <b class="b2">the adorants of A.</b> (Rhodos) cf. <b class="b3">Ἀπολλωνιασται</b>.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.?<br />Etymology: The connection with <b class="b3">ἀφρός</b> (Kretschmer KZ 33, 267) or other explanations (E. Maaß N. Jb. f. d. klass. Altertum 27, 457ff.) are now abandoned. - As the goddess seems to be of oriental origin (Burkert, Religion 152ff.), her name will also come from there. A possibility is the Semitic name of the goddess Aštoret, Astarte (Hommel N. Jb. f. klass. Philol. 125 [1882], 176); cf. Burkert l.c. 248 n. 18. It may have reached the Greeks through another language. - Less probable Hammarström Glotta 11, 21 5f.: <b class="b3">Ἀφροδίτη</b> the [[Herrin]], [[Vorsteherin]], [[Fürstin]], to Pre-Greek <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b>, etr. (<b class="b2">e)prʮni</b>. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἀφρός]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[Aphrodite]], Lat. [[Venus]], [[goddess]] of [[love]], said to be [[born]] from the sea-[[foam]], Hhymn., Hes.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as appellat. [[love]], [[pleasure]], Od.: —Ἀφρ. κακῶν [[enjoyment]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[attractive]] [[beauty]], [[grace]], Lat. [[venustas]], Aesch., Luc;. cf. Lat. [[venus]]. | |||
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