different between satyr vs cenotaur

English

Alternative forms

• satyre (rare or archaic)
• satyrus (rare)

Etymology

From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (sáturos).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sæt?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?se?t?/
• Homophone: saeter (GA pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -æt?(?), -e?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: sa?tyr

Noun

satyr (plural satyrs)

1. (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

2. (Roman mythology) Synonym of faun
3. (by extension) A lecherous man.
4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
5. (obsolete) The orangutan.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Derived terms

• satyrisation, satyrization
• satyrizing

Related terms

• satyrisk

Translations

References

• satyr in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• T-rays, artsy, stary, stray, trays, yrast

Dutch

Alternative forms

• sater

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin satyrus,from Ancient Greek ??????? (sáturos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?.tir/, /?sa?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: sa?tyr

Noun

satyr m (plural satyrs, diminutive satyrtje n)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) satyr, faun

Derived terms

• satyrspel

Related terms

• satire

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa.t?r/

Etymology 1

From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (sáturos).

Noun

satyr m pers

1. (Greek mythology) satyr
2. satyr (lecherous man)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) satyrowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

satyr f

1. genitive plural of satyra

Further reading

• satyr in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• satyr in Polish dictionaries at PWN