"priapus" meaning in English

See priapus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɹaɪˈeɪpəs/ Forms: priapi [plural], priapuses [plural]
Etymology: Latin, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Πρίαπος}} Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos) Head templates: {{en-noun|priapi|+}} priapus (plural priapi or priapuses)
  1. An image of the god Priapus, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens.
    Sense id: en-priapus-en-noun-sSAvAKaB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. A representation of a phallus.
    Sense id: en-priapus-en-noun-zwB5nAt-

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Πρίαπος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Latin, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "priapi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priapuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "priapi",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "priapus (plural priapi or priapuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An image of the god Priapus, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens."
      ],
      "id": "en-priapus-en-noun-sSAvAKaB",
      "links": [
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ],
        [
          "Priapus",
          "Priapus"
        ],
        [
          "scarecrow",
          "scarecrow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 31:",
          "text": "In the digging of the Ruins & foundations of London (after the great Conflagration) there were found severall little Priapusses of Copper about an inch long, w^ch the Romans did weare about their necks.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A representation of a phallus."
      ],
      "id": "en-priapus-en-noun-zwB5nAt-",
      "links": [
        [
          "phallus",
          "phallus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹaɪˈeɪpəs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "priapus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Πρίαπος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Latin, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "priapi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priapuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "priapi",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "priapus (plural priapi or priapuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An image of the god Priapus, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ],
        [
          "Priapus",
          "Priapus"
        ],
        [
          "scarecrow",
          "scarecrow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 31:",
          "text": "In the digging of the Ruins & foundations of London (after the great Conflagration) there were found severall little Priapusses of Copper about an inch long, w^ch the Romans did weare about their necks.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A representation of a phallus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phallus",
          "phallus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹaɪˈeɪpəs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "priapus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for priapus meaning in English (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.