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  1. Hermaphroditusnoun

    (Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body

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  1. Hermaphroditusnoun

    the son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.

  2. Hermaphroditusnoun

    was originally a male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), and represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.

  3. Etymology: Latin, from Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, from Ἑρμῆς + Ἀφροδίτη.

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  1. Hermaphroditus

    In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos ( (listen); Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, romanized: Hermaphróditos, [hermapʰróditos]) was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably handsome boy whom the naiad Salmacis attempted to rape and prayed to be united with forever. A god, in answer to her prayer, merged their two forms into one and transformed him into a hermaphrodite, he being considered the origin of the name. Their name is compounded of his parents' names, Hermes and Aphrodite. He was one of the Erotes. Because Hermaphroditus was a child of Hermes, and consequently a great-grandchild of Atlas (Hermes's mother Maia was the daughter of Atlas), sometimes he is called Atlantiades (Greek: Ατλαντιάδης).

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  1. hermaphroditus

    Hermaphroditus, in Greek mythology, is the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, and possesses both male and female physical characteristics. This term has been used in biology to denote organisms that have both male and female reproductive organs, also known as hermaphrodites.

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  1. Hermaphroditus

    In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos was the child of Aphrodite and Hermes. He was a minor deity of bisexuality and effeminacy. According to Ovid, born a remarkably handsome boy, he was transformed into an androgynous being by union with the water nymph Salmacis. His name is the basis for the word hermaphrodite.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hermaphroditus in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hermaphroditus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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