īthyphallus, i, m., = ἰθύφαλλος,
I the ithyphallus , a piece of wood shaped like the fascinum, and carried about in the festivals of Bacchus , Arn. 5, 176. — Hence,
II Transf., Priapus , the son of Bacchus , whose symbol was the ithyphallus , Col. 10, 31. —
B Deriv.: īthyphallĭcus , a, um, adj., ithyphallic : carmen, an ithyphallic song , i. e. a poem composed in the measure of the hymns to Priapus , Serv. Centim. 1018 P. Atil. Fortun. p. 2698.—
2 The metrum Phalaecium is also sometimes called ithyphallicum, Mar. Vict. p. 2566 P.