<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.</li><li>A very handsome young man.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden: a maidenly blush.</li></ul>