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Webster 1913 Edition

Adonis

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A-do′nis

(ȧ-dō′nĭs)
,
Noun.
[L., gr. Gr.
Ἄδωνις
.]
1.
(Gr. Myth.)
A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
2.
A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
3.
(Bot.)
A genus of plants of the family
Ranunculaceæ
, containing the pheasant’s eye (
Adonis autumnalis
); – named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adonis

ADO'NIS

,
Noun.
In mythology, the favorite of Venus, said to be the son of Cinyras, king of Cyprus. He was fond of hunting, and received a mortal wound from the tusk of a wild boar. Venus lamented his death, and changed him into the flower, anemony.

Definition 2024

Adónis

Adónis

See also: adonis, Adonis, and Adônis

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Adónis m (European orthography)

  1. (Greek mythology) Adonis (young man loved by Aphrodite)
  2. A male given name, equivalent to English Adonis

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