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Adonis
n.
young person loved by Aphrodite and Persephone who was killed by a wild boar while hunting and is allowed to spend 4 months every year with Aphrodite and 4 months with Persephone and 4 months anywhere he chooses (Greek Mythology); very handsome and attractive young man; type of herb belonging to the buttercup family; type of flower
adonis
n.
very handsome and attractive young man
Adonis
Adonis (; ), in
Greek mythology, is a central figure in various
mystery religions. The dying of Adonis was fully developed in the circle of young girls around the poet
Sappho from the island of
Lesbos, about 600 BC, as revealed in a fragment of Sappho's surviving poetry.
ESO 3.6 m Telescope
Adonis
Noun
1. annual or perennial herbs
(synonym) genus Adonis
(hypernym) magnoliid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Ranunculaceae, family Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family
(member-meronym) pheasant's-eye, Adonis annua
2. (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite, the goddess of love
(hypernym) daemon, demigod
(classification) Greek mythology
adonis
Noun
1. any handsome young man
(hypernym) man, adult male
Adonis (der)
nm.
Adonis, handsome man; type of flower
Adonis
n.
Adonis, young person loved by Aphrodite and Persephone who was killed by a wild boar while hunting, and is allowed to spend 4 months every year with Aphrodite and 4 months with Persephone, and 4 months anywhere he chooses (Greek Mythology)
adonis
nm.
Adonis; handsome man
