There’s quite a bit of contention over the etymology of the word “clitoris.” Some believe it stems from the Greek, kleitoris, meaning “little hill or slope”; others say it comes from the Greek verb kleitoriazein, meaning “to touch or titillate lasciviously, to be inclined to pleasure”; and still others claim that the Greek word kleitoris originally meant “divine and goddesslike.” In some sense, all these meanings are true.
