satyr
pronunciation
How to pronounce satyr in British English:
UK [ˈsætə(r)]
How to pronounce satyr in American English:
US [ˈsetɚ, ˈsætɚ]
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- Noun:
- man with strong sexual desires
- one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
Word Origin
- satyr (n.)
- woodland deity, companion of Bacchus, late 14c., from Latin satyrus, from Greek satyros, of unknown origin. In pre-Roman Greek art, a man-like being with the tail and ears of a horse; the modern conception of a being part man, part goat is from Roman sculptors, who seem to have assimilated them to the fauns of native mythology. In some English bibles used curiously to translate Hebrew se'irim, a type of hairy monster superstitiously believed to inhabit deserts.
Example
- 1. How can say I am like a satyr ?
- 2. Market security surrounded them when chen only releases the satyr .
- 3. A satyr is half man and half goat in greek and .
- 4. Haha I also encountered a lot of bad guys and satyr .
- 5. Last night had been strangely abrupt , with the satyr teaching him like that , he thought .