ithyphallus

noun
/ɪθɪˈfæləs/UK

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἰθύφαλλος (ithúphallos, “Bacchic phallus," literally "straight penis”).

  1. derived from ἰθύφαλλος — “Bacchic phallus,

Definitions

  1. A depiction of an erect penis.

    • At the first view indeed one would imagine that this Indian effigy was, especially from this application of it, meant for a kind of representation of a Phallus, or Ithyphallus […]
    • "First," he said deliberately, "whatever women see, they never think, imagine or conceive it save in terms of the stout, stiff-standing deities Ithyphallos and Penis Erectus. […] "

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