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hermaphroditus

hermaphroditus · m

a hermaphrodite

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 2 · 5.49/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

hermăphrŏdītus — Lewis & Short

hermăphrŏdītus, i, m., = e(rmafro/ditos,

I a hermaphrodite, acc. to the myth, so called after the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, when bathing, grew together with Salmacis into one person: gignuntur et utriusque sexus, quos hermaphroditos vocamus, olim androgynos vocatos et in prodigiis habitos, nunc vero in deliciis, Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 34; cf. Ov. M. 4, 285 sq.; 383; Hyg. Fab. 271; Mart. 10, 4, 6.—

II Transf., adj.: hermaphroditae equae. Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.

In the wild

hermaphroditis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.11.p133
Hermaphroditus Martial, Epigrammata 10.4.6
Hermaphroditus Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.383
hermaphroditis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.49.p2
Hermaphroditum Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 34
hermaphroditos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.3.p2

6 of 12 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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