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silenus Definition


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silenus
noun sileni
    1. The foster-father of Bacchus, and the chief of the satyrs, depicted as a bearded, bald, pot-bellied old man.
      Form: Silenus
    2. A woodland god or elderly satyr.
Etymology: 18c: Latin, from Greek Seilenos.



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