Faunus

American  

[faw-nuhs] / ˈfɔ nəs /

noun

1. an ancient Italian woodland deity, later identified with Pan.

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Faunus British  

/ ˈfɔːnəs /

noun

1. an ancient Italian deity of pastures and forests, later identified with the Greek Pan

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Faunus

He felt convinced that Aeneas was the son-in-law Faunus had predicted, and he said as much to the envoys.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Hither Numa came to visit the forest-gods Faunus and Picus at their sacred fountain: Lucus Aventino suberat niger ilicis umbra, Quo posses viso dicere, numen inest.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

Silvanus was a woodland divinity, who, like Faunus, greatly resembled the Greek Pan.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens

Faunus never became domesticated, but he belongs to the same type as Silvanus.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

The legendary kings of the Latin race—Saturnus, Faunus, Picus, Latinus—were worshipped as Di indigetes;3180 Romulus had vanished in a tempest and been carried up to heaven to join the company of the gods.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill