priapus

Definitions

1. The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus.
   Greek
2. An image of the god Priapus, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens.
3. A representation of a phallus.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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