Salmacis

Definition: Salmacis

Salmacis

Noun

1. Nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body.

Date "Salmacis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references)

"Salmacis" is a common misspelling or typo for: Salamis.

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Salmacis A fountain of Caria, which rendered effeminate all those who bathed therein. It was in this fountain that Hermaphroditus changed his sex. (Ovid: Metamorphoses, iv. 285, and xvi. 319.) "Thy moist limbs melted into Salmacis." Swinburne: Hermaphroditus. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In Greek mythology, Salmacis was a Phrygian nymph (a Limnades) who loved Hermaphroditus.

Hermaphroditus was raised by Phrygian nymphs. One of the local nymphs, Salmacis, who lived in a lake, fell in love with him; Hermaphroditus rejected her. He undressed himself by the lake, and jumped into the water to go swimming. Salmacis embraced him and he struggled while she prayed that they would never be separated. The gods granted her this and their bodies fused. Hermaphroditus begged that the lake would take the virility from anyone who bathed in it; this was also granted.

Crosswords: Salmacis

English words defined with "Salmacis": Hermaphroditus. (references)

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Language		Translations for "salmacis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		almacissay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-s-s"
	-1 letter: camails, camisas, salamis.
	-2 letters: assail, calami, camail, camass, camisa, cassia, claims, lamias, missal, salami, salmis.
	-3 letters: alias, almas, amass, amias, amiss, assai, calms, camas, casas, claim, clams, class, laics, lamas, lamia, limas, mails, malic, massa, micas, sails, salic, salmi, salsa, scams, sials, simas, sisal, slams, slims.
	-4 letters: aals, ails, aims, alas, alma, alms, amas, amia, amis, asci, calm, cams, casa, clam, isms, lacs, laic, lama, lams, lass, lima, macs, mail, mass, mica, mils, miss, sacs, sail, sals, scam, sial, sics, sima, sims, slam, slim.
	-5 letters: aal, aas, ail, aim, ais, ala, als, ama, ami, ass, cam, cis, ism, lac, lam, las, lis, mac, mas, mil, mis, sac, sal, sic, sim, sis.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-s-s"
	+1 letter: cabalisms.
	+2 letters: eclampsias, racialisms.
	+3 letters: capitalisms, caramelises, catabolisms, factualisms, marshalcies, misbalances, miscatalogs, radicalisms, thalassemic.
	+4 letters: acclimatises, amicableness, biracialisms, cannibalisms, cavalierisms, commissarial, mesalliances, misalliances, misallocates, saltimboccas, sarcoplasmic, schismatical, thalassemics.
	+5 letters: anecdotalisms, antiblackisms, apocalyptisms, bicameralisms, charlatanisms, complaisances, disclamations, emasculations, factionalisms, galactosemias, malacologists, microanalyses, microanalysis, microanalysts, miscalculates, osteomalacias, parochialisms, preeclampsias, sacerdotalism, semiclassical, spasmodically.
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