phallus

• n.陰茎; 男根像; [胚]接合器官原基（分化後、クリトリスまたは陰茎になる）

ギリシャ語のphallos（陰茎）から、PIE*bhel（膨らむ、膨らむ）の語源。

phallus (n.)

1610s, "an image of the penis," from Latin phallus, from Greek phallos "penis," also "carving or image of an erect penis (symbolizing the generative power in nature) used in the cult of Dionysus," from PIE *bhel-no-, from root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (cognates: Old Norse boli "bull," Old English bulluc "little bull," and possibly Greek phalle "whale;" see bole). Used of the penis itself (often in symbolic context) from 1924, originally in jargon of psychoanalysis.

1. This study provided a new tool for rapid reproduction of Amor pho- phallus .

本研究はこんにゃくの急速繁殖に新たな手段を提供した。