English Dictionary

Cytherean

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌsɪ.ðəˈɹi.ən/

形容詞

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(uncommon) Of or pertaining to Cythera, an island now part of Greece, at which the goddess Aphrodite came ashore on a seashell according to Greek mythology. Thus, referring to the goddesses Aphrodite or Venus.

日本語の意味

キテラ島（現在ギリシャに属する島）に関する / ギリシャ神話の女神アフロディーテ、またはローマ神話の女神ヴィーナスに関連する

The museum's new exhibit featured a Cytherean statue that seemed to glow with an otherworldly charm.

博物館の新しい展示には、アフロディーテのような像が展示されており、異世界のような魅力で輝いているように見えた。

意味（1）

(uncommon) Of or pertaining to Cythera, an island now part of Greece, at which the goddess Aphrodite came ashore on a seashell according to Greek mythology. Thus, referring to the goddesses Aphrodite or Venus.

意味（2）

(uncommon) Of or pertaining to the planet Venus; Venusian.

This view, that we see only a Cytherean cloud-canopy, has been confirmed by M. Landerer's observation of the non-polarised character of the light reflected by the crescent Venus; …

意味（3）

(rare) Venereal.

… he took every precaution that the venereal diſorder ſhould not be communicated to theſe happy, unoffending people; but it appears … that ſome ungenerous Frenchman was baſe enough to plant this dreadful malady, in a country where … it is more likely to ſpread than in any other part of the world, on account of the extreme attachment of the inhabitants to the Cytherean ſports.