 The similarity of this word to Latin "", meaning 'evil', may also have influenced the apple's becoming interpreted as the biblical "forbidden fruit" in the commonly used Latin translation called "Vulgate".The larynx in the human throat has been called Adam's apple because of the folk tale that the bulge was caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in the throat of Adam.The apple as symbol of sexual seduction has sometimes been used to imply sexuality between men, possibly in an ironic vein.