Hermaphroditus

British  

/ hɜːˌmæfrəˈdaɪtəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body

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Example Sentences

Inside Hermaphroditus old tensions were roiling, trying to work themselves out.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Hermaphroditus was beginning to forget about the Obscure Object.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“Once upon a time in ancient Greece, there was an enchanted pool. This pool was sacred to Salmacis, the water nymph. And one day Hermaphroditus, a beautiful boy, went swimming there.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Hermaphroditus, like Joseph, was the pattern and mirror of continence, and would not be seduced.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

Talmacis then, like Potiphar’s wife, seized on the unlucky pattern of virtue, and prayed to the gods that they should so amalgamate poor Hermaphroditus to her body as to make them one.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles