Πρίαπος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. Πρίηπος (also written Πρίεπος, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>23</span> J., cf. [[Πριέπιος]]), ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[Priapus]], <span class="bibl">D.S.4.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>23.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.9.31.2</span>: pl. <b class="b3">Πρίηποι</b>, like [[Σάτυροι]], <span class="bibl">Mosch.3.27</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: phallic god, protecting the gardens (Mosch., D. S. etc.; Boeot. Priaposherme end Va, s. Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 594 n. 4).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">Πρίηπος</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Πριαπ-</b> (<b class="b3">Πριηπ-)ίσ-κος</b> with <b class="b3">-ισκωτός</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδιον</b>, <b class="b3">-ειος</b>, <b class="b3">-ήϊον</b>, <b class="b3">-ώδης</b>, <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> with <b class="b3">-ισμός</b>, <b class="b3">-ισταί</b> (hell.).<br />Origin: Anat.<br />Etymology: As the god comes from northwest Asia Minor (cf. <b class="b3">Πρίαπος</b> town on the Propontis), the name is also no doubt Anatolian; lit. in Herter P.-W. 22, 1915. An IE etymology which must be rejected (by Osthoff Arch. f. Religionswiss. 7, 412ff.) is mentioned in Bq.