English-German translations for aphrodite

• Aphrodite die
  Zypern, die Insel der Aphrodite, oder, wie der moderne Dichter sagt, 'das goldgrüne Blatt mitten im Meer'. Cyprus, the island of Aphrodite, or in the words of the modern poet, 'the golden green leaf tossed into the sea'.
  Was nun unser geliebtes, leidgeprüftes Zypern betrifft, das goldgrüne Blatt mitten im Meer, die Insel der Aphrodite, so heißen wir alle es willkommen, so auch ich als Grieche. As for our beloved, long-suffering Cyprus, the green and golden leaf tossed into the sea, the island of Aphrodite, we all welcome it, as I do, as a Greek.

Definition of aphrodite

• A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum

Related words

• hermaphrodite
• pseudohermaphrodite
• Aphrodite's Evostick
• belonging to the goddess Aphrodite