Cytherean

[ sith-uh-ree-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Cytherea.
2. Astronomy. of or relating to the planet Venus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cytherean¹

< Latin Cytherē(a) (< Greek Kythéreia Cytherea ( def ) ) + -an

Example Sentences

Cytherean, sith-e-rē′an, adj. pertaining to Venus.

From Project Gutenberg

Archippus says in his Fishes— The chrysophrys, sacred to Cytherean Venus.

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Lone Cytherean! now all silently Thou sufferest these insults to atone For those old infamous sins that thou hast known, The sins that locked the gate o' the grave to thee.

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I wished that a stray flash from the same source would kindle the heart of Susie Adair and heat it until it lay under her Cytherean breasts a puddle of molten love.

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Though the feet of thine high priests tread where thy lords and our forefathers trod, Though these that were Gods are dead, and thou being dead art a God, Though before thee the throned Cytherean be fallen, and hidden her head, Yet thy kingdom shall pass, Galilean, thy dead shall go down to thee dead.

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