itifallico

Meaning

Adj

1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) ithyphallic (of or pertaining to the erect phallus carried in bacchic processions)
2. (Ancient-Rome, historical, specifically) ithyphallic (of or pertaining to the erect phallus carried in bacchic processions)
3. (of a poem) ithyphallic (having a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee)

Noun

ithyphallic (a poem or song in an ithyphallic metre)

Concepts

ithyphallic

Translations

ιθυφαλλικός

ithyphallique

Hyphenated as

i‧ti‧fàl‧li‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/i.tiˈfal.li.ko/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ἰθυφαλλικός (ithuphallikós), derived from ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος (īthŭ́phallos, “phallus carried in festivals of Bacchus; ode sung in honour of the phallus; dance accompanying such an ode; dancer performing such a dance”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “of, pertaining to”, relational adjective suffix).