Adonis

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
4/5/2022, 10:13 PM	Mike C	update #112
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
7/11/2018, 11:16 AM	Mike C	update #100
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Greek Mythology

Scripts Ἄδωνις(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /á.dɔː.nis/(Classical Greek) /ə.ˈdɑn.ɪs/(English) /ə.ˈdoʊ.nɪs/(English)

Meaning & History

From Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾadon) meaning "lord, master". In Greek myth Adonis was a handsome young shepherd killed while hunting a wild boar. The anemone flower is said to have sprung from his blood. Because he was loved by Aphrodite, Zeus allowed him to be restored to life for part of each year. The Greeks borrowed this character from Semitic traditions, originally Sumerian (see Dumuzi).