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Silenus definition

Si·lenus (sī lē′nəs)

noun

  1. the foster father and tutor of Dionysus and leader of the satyrs, traditionally pictured as a fat, drunken, jovial old man with pointed ears
  2. pl. sileni -·ni (-nī) any of a group of woodland deities resembling the satyrs

Etymology: L < Gr Seilēnos

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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