satyr – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
satyr
n.
faun, one of many minor woodland gods depicted as half man and half horse or goat, attendant of the god Dionysus (Greek Mythology); lecherous man, man with uncontrollable sexual desires
Satyr
In
Greek mythology, a
satyr (, ;
satyros, ) is one of a troop of
ithyphallic male companions of
Dionysus with
horse-like (equine) features, including a horse-tail, horse-like ears, and sometimes a horse-like phallus because of permanent erection. Early artistic representations sometimes include horse-like legs, but in 6th-century BC
black-figure pottery human legs are the most common. In Roman Mythology there is a concept similar to satyrs, with
goat-like features: the
faun, being half-man, half-goat. Greek-speaking Romans often used the Greek term
saturos when referring to the Latin
faunus, and eventually syncretized the two. The female "
Satyresses" were a late invention of poets — that roamed the woods and mountains. In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing.
satyr
Noun
1. man with strong sexual desires
(synonym) lecher, lech, letch
(hypernym) pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
2. one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
(synonym) forest god
(hypernym) Greek deity
(hyponym) Silenus
Satyr (der)
nm.
satyr, faun, one of many minor woodland gods depicted as half man and half horse or goat; lecherous man, man with uncontrollable sexual desires; (Greek Mythology) attendant of the god Dionysus
Satyr
(n.)
The orang-outang.
(n.)
Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.
(n.)
A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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