Satyr Definition

sātər, sătər
satyrs
noun
satyrs
Any of a class of minor woodland deities, attendant on Dionysus, orig. represented as having the ears and tail of a horse, later as having pointed ears, short horns, the head and trunk of a man, and the hind legs of a goat, and as being fond of riotous merriment and lechery.
Webster's New World
A lustful or lecherous man.
Webster's New World
A man having satyriasis.
Webster's New World
Any of a worldwide family (Satyridae) of butterflies with gray or brown wings, often with eyelike spots.
Webster's New World

(Greek mythology) A male companion of Pan or Dionysus with the tail of a horse and a perpetual erection.

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satyr
Plural:
satyrs

Origin of Satyr

  • From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (saturos), from Hebrew שָׂעִיר (Å›aʿîr).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English satire from Old French from Latin satyrus from Greek saturos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Satyr Sentence Examples

  • In one of these monuments was the famous Satyr of Praxiteles.

  • The satyr pursued her, and she called for help on Poseidon, who appeared, and for love of her beauty caused a spring to well up, which received her name.

  • Amymone having thrown her spear at a stag, missed it, but hit a satyr asleep in the brake.

  • One of the more remarkable intaglios depicts a satyr holding a bunch of grapes, in a silver ring from Weybourne in Norfolk.

  • Except in the satyr play, theater seems to eschew naked flesh.

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