aphrodes

See also: Aphrodes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφρώδης (aphrṓdēs).

Adjective

aphrōdēs (neuter aphrōdes); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. foaming, foamy
    • 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.119.2:
      Peplis, quam aliqui sycen, alii meconion, alii mecona aphrode vocant, ex una radice tenui fruticat foliis rutae paulo latioribus.
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Descendants

  • → Translingual: Aphrodes

References

  • “aphrodes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aphrodes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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