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Borrowed from Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).

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phallus (plural phalli or phalluses)

  1. A penis, especially when erect.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159:
      The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye[.]
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:
      If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body.
  2. A representation of an erect penis, especially symbolising fertility or potency.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 86:
      The initiated member gave a gift of a coin for the goddess, for which he received in turn a phallus and some salt.
  3. (psychoanalysis) The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

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French

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Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from Latin phallus.[1] Doublet of phalle.

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    phallus m (invariable)

    1. phallus
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    References

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    1. ^ “phallus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
    2. ^ “phallus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

    Latin

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    Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”); compare follis (“sack”).

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    phallus m (genitive phallī); second declension

    1. (mythology, religion) an iconic phallic figure of the male member borne in cult processions at a Dionysian orgy or festival of Bacchus as a symbol of the generative power of nature
    2. (anatomy) phallus, membrum virile, penis
    3. (figurative, art) phallus; an artistic image of the membrum virile or other figurative representation of the erect penis as an icon representing male sexuality, potency, fertility

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative phallus phallī
    genitive phallī phallōrum
    dative phallō phallīs
    accusative phallum phallōs
    ablative phallō phallīs
    vocative phalle phallī
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    Further reading

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    • “phallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “phallus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1171.
    • phallus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1680
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