phallus
noun/ˈfæləs/
Etymology From Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”) from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).
1
A penis, especially when erect.
- The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159:
- If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:
2
A representation of an erect penis, especially symbolising fertility or potency.
- The initiated member gave a gift of a coin for the goddess, for which he received in turn a phallus and some salt.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 86:
3
Human sciences, Medicine, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Sciences The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.
- Derived terms
42 terms
diphallia, diphallism, diphallus, ectophallus, endophallus, epiphallus, macrophallus, megalophallus, megaphallus, microphallus, neophallus, phallectomy, phallic, phallically, phallicism, phallin, phallobase, phallocentric, phallocentrism, phallocracy, phallocrat, phallocratic, phallogocentric, phallogocentrism, phalloidin, phalloidine, phallological, phallologist, phallologocentric, phallologocentrism, phallology, phallolysin, phallometric, phallometry, phalloplasty, phallostethid, phallotomy, phallotoxin, phallused, phalluslike, phallusy, primordial phallus- Related terms
- ithyphallic, lingam
- Coordinate terms
- yoni