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List of terms used in the Priapeia to designate the virile member of Priapus[1]

Arma inguinis--inguinal arms, belly weapons
Arma ventris--belly weapons
Caput lubricum--lubricious head
Columna--column
Contus pedalis--twelve-inch pole
Cupressus--cypress
E D temoque--the letters E and D with a pole or hyphen between them thus E-D
Fascinum--a bewitching, an enchantment
Fascinum pedale--twelve-inch fascinum
Fascinum rubens--ruddy fascinum
Fascinum tentum--turgid fascinum
Hasta--spear
Hasta rudis--rude spear
Inguen--middle, groin, privities
Inguen obscaenum--obscene groin
Medium--middle
Membrum--member
Membrum seminale--seminal member
Mentula--mentule
Mentula crassa--stupid mentule
Mentula magna--well-grown mentule
Mentula perpetua--imperishable mentule
Mentu1a sine arte--roughly shaped mentule
Mentula tenta--mentule at full stretch
Mentinum rubrum--red-painted amulet
Natura--nature
Nervus tentus--stiff nerve
Palus ruber--bloody-looking pole
Pars--part
Pars major--greater part
Pars mei per quam significor Priapus esse--the part by which I'm signified to be Priapus
Pan obscaena--privy part
Penis--tail
Pyramis--pyramid
Sceptrum--staff of office
Signum impudentiae--symbol of shamelessness
Tela--weapons
Telum--spear
Vena tenta--swollen vein
Virilis nota--virile sign
Virile pars--the virile member

[1. In The Perfumed Garden of the Sheikh Nefzaoui thirty nine names in Arabic are given to the sexual organ of man and forty-three to that of woman.]


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