Cytherean
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Cytherean
- /ˌsɪ.ðəˈɹi.ən/ US
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From Latin Cytherēius [from Ancient Greek Κυθερήϊος (Kutherḗïos), from Κύθηρα (Kúthēra) + -ήϊος (-ḗïos)] + -an.
adjective Cytherian
- Of, from or relating to Cythera, an island now part of Greece, at which the goddess Aphrodite came ashore on a seashell according to Greek mythology. Thus, referring to the goddesses Aphrodite or Venus. Suppliantly he begs, both for himself and for two miserable persons: make this one young, O Cytherean goddess, and this one make virile.
- Of or pertaining to the planet Venus; Venusian. This view, that we see only a Cytherean cloud-canopy, has been confirmed by M. Landerer's observation of the non-polarised character of the light reflected by the crescent Venus; [...]
- Venereal. [...] he took every precaution that the venereal diſorder ſhould not be communicated to theſe happy, unoffending people; but it appears [...] that ſome ungenerous Frenchman was baſe enough to plant this dreadful malady, in a country where [...] it is more likely to ſpread than in any other part of t
noun Cythereans · Cytherian
- A native or inhabitant of Cythera The Cythereans they found ſtanding all in Arms prepared for them; and after the battel began, the Cythereans for a little while made reſiſtance; […]
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noun native or inhabitant of Cythera
| Français | Cythéréen, Cythéréenne |
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title = {Cytherean},
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