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- noun Plural form of
priapus .
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Examples
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From this comes the ancient custom of suspending little priapi from boys 'necks to avert the evil eye.
Satyricon 2007
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From this comes the ancient custom of suspending little priapi from boys 'necks to avert the evil eye.
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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From this comes the ancient custom of suspending little priapi from boys 'necks to avert the evil eye.
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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This penis-bone (os priapi) is very large in the badger and dog, and bent like a hook in the marten; it is also very large in some of the lower apes, and protrudes far out into the glans.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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But those who are such and who at the same time have spurned religion become lustful spirits after death, appearing to themselves like men indeed, but to others at a distance like _priapi; _ and they see in the dark and not at all in the light, like night-owls.
Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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