Plural: Aphrodites
In Greek mythology, the goddess of love (Roman Venus, Phoenician Astarte, Babylonian Ishtar); said to be either a daughter of Zeus (in Homer) or sprung from the foam of the sea (in Hesiod). She was the unfaithful wife of Hephaestus, the god of fire, and the mother of Eros.
Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus; Also called: Cytherea.
aphorismatic · aphorismic · aphorist · aphoristic · aphoristical · aphoristically · aphorize · aphrodisia · aphrodisiac · aphrodisiacal · Aphrodite · aphtha · aphthae · aphthous · aphyllous
Boginja ljubavi i lepote kod starih Grka, koja se rodila iz morske pene (kod Rimljana: Venera); fig. LJubavno ućivanje, spolna ljubav, obljuba, parenje; draž, ljupkost; zool. morska gusenica.