satyr
See also: Satyr
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsætə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈseɪtɚ/, /ˈsætɚ/
- Homophone: saeter (GA pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ), -eɪtə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: sa‧tyr
Noun
editsatyr (plural satyrs)
- (Greek mythology) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
- 1637, John Milton, Lycidas:
- Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long.
male variation of nymphs
- (Roman mythology) Synonym of faun
- (by extension) A lecherous man.
- Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
- (obsolete) The orangutan.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:libertine
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References
edit- “satyr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editDutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUltimately from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsatyr m (plural satyrs, diminutive satyrtje n)
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editPolish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).
Noun
editsatyr m pers
Declension
editDeclension of satyr
Derived terms
editadjective
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editsatyr f
Further reading
editSwedish
editNoun
editsatyr c
Declension
editDeclension of satyr | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | satyr | satyren | satyrer | satyrerna |
Genitive | satyrs | satyrens | satyrers | satyrernas |
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