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silenus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun silenus has 2 senses
- silenus(n = noun.person) Array - any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs); Array is a kind of greek deity
- silenus(n = noun.person) Array - the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey; Array is a kind of forest god, satyr
CIDE DICTIONARY
silenus, n. [L. Silenus the tutor and attendant of Bacchus.].
See Wanderoo. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
silenus, n. (pl. sileni) (in Greek mythology) a bearded old man like a satyr, sometimes with the tail and legs of a horse.
Etymology
L f. Gk seilenos
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