from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways. noun (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which eithe...
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doi:10.1111/1540_6245.jaac36.1.0051STEIG MICHAELThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismMichael Steig, The Intentional Phallus: Determining Verbal Meaning in Literature. In: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 36, S. 51–61.
Nevertheless, the prefixes “hypo” (ὕπο-) in Greek and “sub” in Latin have exactly the same meaning, similarly to the older “under” and the more recent “below” terms in English. The modern use of subthalamus denoting an area adjacent to the “hypothalamus” made the ...