Priapus
Priapus, Priapus, the god of gardens and vineyards
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Priape Proper-name noun: masculine vocative singular, Proper-name noun: feminine vocative singular of Priapus
- Priapus, the god of Procreation; hence, of gardens and vineyards, where his statues were placed, Col. 10, 108; cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 2; Verg. G. 4, 111; Ov. M. 9, 347; id. F. 1, 415; Juv. 6, 316; Sen. Const. 18, 3; cf. Vulg. 3 Reg. 15, 13 et saep.—
- B Transf.
- 1 Priapus vitreus, a drinking-vessel of obscene shape, Juv. 2, 95: siligineus, a cake of the same shape, Mart. 14, 69; Petr. 60, 4.—
- 2 A lecherous person, Cat. 47, 4; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 32.—Hence,
- C Prĭāpēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Priapus, Priapian: metrum, Diom. p. 512 P.—Prĭāpēĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. carmina), a collection of poems upon Priapus, by various authors.
- A town of Mysia, on the Hellespont, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141.—
- II An island near Ephesus, Plin. 5, 31, 38, § 137.
sacerdos parochialis, nomine Johannes, ~i prophana parans, congregatis ex villa puellulis, cogebat eas, choreis factis, Libero Patri circuire; ‥ iste ‥ membra humana virtuti seminarie servientia super asserem artificiata ante talem choream preferebat
~us, deus †oratorum [l. hortorum ]
~us, deus hortorum, quod etiam pro virili membro dicitur
orti deus esto Priāpus
~os,pucelas
in domo H. filii L. inventus fuit preapus [MS: p’ap’ ] unius cervi
cum hoc anno in Laodonia pestis grassaretur in pecudes armenti, quam vocant usitatelungessouth , quidam bestiales habitu claustrales non animo docebant idiotas patrie ignem confrictione de lingnis educere et simulacrum ~i statuere, et per hec bestiis succurere
ut vestrum semen plus fit ‥ prolificum ‥, de partibus animalium ‥ subscriptis frequenter et copiose utamini ‥ verebella passerum ‥, corda salmonis ‥, ova ‥ piscium, priapus tauri, testiculi gallorum, vulpis, et ursi, matris leporis, et cauda stincorum, qui sunt pisciculi fluviorum Egipti
hic ~us,a pyntyle , ‥ i. penis
a pyntelle , ‥ penis, prepucium, ~us correpto A; versus: priăpus est membrum [v. l. nemorum ], orti deus esto Priăpus
hoc veretrum. A.pyntylle ; hic ~us, est finis veretri
palma Christi vel pentalma Christi, gira solis, ~us idem
- 1. vruchtbaarheidsgod, oorspr. in Kl.-Azië, later in Griekenland en Rome vereerd, als zinnebeeld v. potentie met een reusachtige penis afgebeeld;
- 2. (poët.) (metaf.) (a) geil persoon; (b) mannelijk geslachtsdeel, penis [vitreus drinkbeker in de vorm v.e. penis; siligineus gebak in de vorm v.e. penis].
Canonesnostri. Historia Australis ann. 1289 :
Tandem machina quadam, Priapus dicta, muro civitatis magna parte interrupto, etc.Forte etiam quia
Engin, pro membro virili, et pro machina usurpatur vulgo.
Engin à vergevocant.
(Πρίαπος), a son of Dionysus and Aphrodite (Paus. 9.31.2; Diod. 4.6; Tib. 1.4. 7; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.932). Aphrodite, it is said, had yielded to the embraces of Dionysus, but during his expedition to India, she became faithless to him, and lived with Adonis. On Dionysus' return from India, she indeed went to meet him, but soon left him again, and went to Lampsacus on the Hellespont, to give birth to the child of the god. But Hera, dissatisfied with her conduct, touched her, and, by her magic power, caused Aphrodite to give birth to a child of extreme ugliness, and with unusually large genitals. This child was Priapus. According to others, however, Priapus was a son of Dionysus and a Naiad or Chione, and gave his name to the town of Priapus (Strab. xiii. p.587; Schol. ad Theocr. 1.21), while others again describe him as a son of Adonis, by Aphrodite (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 831), as a son of Hermes (Hyg. Fab. 160), or as the son of a long-eared father, that is, of Pan or a Satyr (Macr. 6.5). The earliest Greek poets, such as Homer, Hesiod, and others, do not mention this divinity, and Strabo (xiii. p.558) expressly states, that it was only in later times that he was honoured with divine worship, and that he was worshipped more especially at Lampsacus on the Hellespont, whence he is sometimes called Hellespontiacus (Ov. Fast. 1.440, 6.341; Arnob. 3.10). We have every reason to believe that he was regarded as the promoter of fertility both of the vegetation and of all animals connected with an agricultural life, and in this capacity he was worshipped as the protector of flocks of sheep and goats, of bees, the vine, all garden-produce, and even of fishing (Paus. 9.31.2; Verg. Ecl. 7.33, Georg. 4.110, with the commentators). Like other divinities presiding over agricultural pursuits, he was believed to be possessed of prophetic powers, and is sometimes mentioned in the plural (Tib. 1.4. 67; Moschus, 3.27). As Priapus had many attributes in common with other gods of fertility, the Orphics identified him with their mystic Dionysus, Hermes, Helios, &c. (Schol. ad Theocr. 1.21; Eustath. ad Hom. pp. 691, 242.) The Attic legends connect Priapus with such sensual and licentious beings as Conisalus, Orthanes, and Tychon. (Strab. l.c. ; Aristoph. Lys. 982; comp. Diod. 4.6). In like manner he was confounded by the Italians with Mutunus or Muttunus, the personification of the fructifying power in nature (Salmas. ad Solin. p. 219; Arnob. 4.11). The sacrifices offered to him consisted of the first-fruits of gardens, vineyards, and fields (Anthol. Palat. 6.102), of milk, honey, cakes, rams, asses, and fishes (Anthol. Palat. 10.14; Ov. Fast. 1.391, 416; Serv. ad Virg. Georg. 2.84). He was represented in carved images, mostly in the form of hermae, with very large genitals, carrying fruit in his garment, and either a sickle or cornucopia in his hand (Tib. 1.1. 22, 4. 8; Verg. G. 4.110; Horat. Sat. 1.8; Hirt. Mythol. Bilderb. p. 172). The hermae of Priapus in Italy, like those of other rustic divinities, were usually painted red, whence the god is called ruber or rubicundus. (Ov. Fast. 1.415, 6.319, 333). [L.S]
a maker of fictile vases, whose name occurs on a cup in the Durand collection, found at Vulci. (Cab. Durand. n. 882, p. 281 ; R. Rochette, Lettre à M. Schorn, p. 57.) [P.S]
- , Πρίαπος, Priapus, the god of gardens and vineyards, V., H., O., Iu.: vitreus, a drinking-vessel, Ct.—A lecherous man, O., Ct.
PRIA´PUS (Πρίαπος: Eth. Πριαπηνός), a town of Mysia on the Propontis, situated .on a headland on the spur of Mount Pityus. Some said that it was a colony of Miletus, and others regarded it as a settlement of Cyzicus: it derived its name from its worship of the god Priapus. It had a good harbour, and ruled over a territory which produced good wine. (Strab. 13. p. 587; Thucyd. 8.107; Pomp. Mela, 1.19; Plin. Nat. 4.24, 5.40; Steph. B. s. v.; Geogr. Rav. 2.18, 5.19; Arrian, Arr. Anab. 1.12.7.) Ruins of Priapus still exist near Karaboa. (Richter, Wallfahrten, p. 425; Rasche, Lex. Num. 4.1. p. 51.)
[L.S](Πρίαπος). According to the usual account, son of Dionysus and Aphrodité, a god of the fruitfulness of the field and of the herds. Horticulture, vine-growing, goat and sheep-breeding, bee-keeping, and even fishing were supposed to be under his protection. The original seat of his worship lay in the towns of Asia Minor, situated on the Hellespont, especially Lampsacus, where it was said he was born. From here it afterwards spread over Greece and Italy. His statues were usually placed in gardens, generally in the form of rude hermae cut out of wood, stained with vermilion, with a club and sickle and a phallic symbol of the creative and fructifying powers of nature. The sacrifices offered to him included asses, as well as the first-fruits of the garden and the field. In the mystical interpretation of the myths, he was regarded as symbolizing the future life, and hence his image was placed upon tombs (C. I. L. v. 3634). Besides Lampsacus, he had as especial seats of his worship, Cyzicus, on the Hellespont, at Panium, (Catull. 18; Georg. iv. 110), and at Priapus in Mysia. See phallus.
(Πρίαπος). A Mysian city on the Propontis, a chief seat of the worship of the god Priapus. The surrounding district was called Priāpis or Priapēné (Thuc.viii. 107).