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satyrus, satyrī

satyrus

σάτυρος.

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

A kind of ape
A Satyr, one of the satyri, a kind of wood-deities resembling apes, with two goat's feet
Greek satiric plays

Abbreviations

satyrus, i, m., = σάτυρος. A kind of ape, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24; 5, 8, 8, § 44; 10, 72, 93, § 199; Sol. 27 fin.

— A Satyr, one of the satyri, a kind of wood-deities resembling apes, with two goat's feet, and very lascivious; sing., Ov. M. 6, 110; 6, 383; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 125; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Sil. 3, 103.

—Commonly plur.: capripedes Satyros, Lucr. 4, 580; Hor. C. 2, 19, 4; 1, 1, 31; id. Ep. 1, 19, 4; id. A. P. 221 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 397; id. M. 1, 193; 1, 692; 4, 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43 al.

— Like the Gr. Σάτυροι, Greek satiric plays: satyrorum scriptor, Hor. A. P. 235: satyri dicaces, id. ib. 226: protervi, id. ib. 233.