Kytherian
Kytherian is the alternative form of Cytherean.
Meaning of Cytherean
Adjective
Cytherean (not comparable)
- 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 8
- 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; [...]1893, Agnes M. Clerke, A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century, page 314
- 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...1773, unknown, An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators, page 253
Forms of Kytherian
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Questions about Kytherian
- What is Kytherian the alternative form of?
- Kytherian is the alternative form of Cytherean.
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