Brewer's: Aphrodite

(4 syl.).

The Greek Venus; so called because she sprang from the foam of the sea, (Greek, aphros , foam.)

Aphrodite's Girdle.
Whoever wore Aphrodite's magic girdle, immediately became the object of love. (Greek mythology.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Apicius
Apex
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