Hermaphroditus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος (Hermaphróditos, from Ἑρμῆς (Hermês) +‎ Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɚˌmæf.ɹəˈdaɪ.təs/ === Proper noun === Hermaphroditus (Greek mythology) The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad. A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility. ==== Derived terms ==== hermaphrodite hermaphroditic hermaphroditism ==== Translations ==== === See also === androgynous intersex === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος (Hermaphródītos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛr.ma.pʰrɔˈdiː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [er.ma.froˈdiː.tus] === Proper noun === Hermaphrodītus m sg (genitive Hermaphrodītī); second declension Hermaphroditus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only.