Faunus

[faw-nuhs]

noun

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

Faunus

/ ˈfɔːnəs /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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“Cow Devil,” “Faunus,” “Goddess” and “Conjoined” all could be figures from myth or folklore.

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Silvanus, Faunus, and Fauna, the latter’s wife, who had charge over the woods and plants.

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"Faunus lover of fugitive Nymphs" is charming enough in Horace's ode, and Fauns, Pans and Satyrs lend themselves readily to grotesque treatment in statue and gem and picture.

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The whole, too, is written in the rough, unmodulated, Saturnian verse—a sort of irregular iambics, said to have been originally employed by Faunus and the prophets, who delivered their oracles in this measure.

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