List Of Terms Used In The Priapeia To Designate The Virile Member Of Priapus
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.]