Silenus
noun
a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
Sileni
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pluralof Silenus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The nymphs, shepherds and Sileni who decorate the big classical landscapes of his middle years are inert and stereotyped.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Sileni were creatures part man and part horse.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
I cannot give a more just idea of the two books of satires made by Horace than by comparing them to the statues of the Sileni, to which Alcibiades compares Socrates in the Symposium.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden
And after them came two Sileni in purple cloaks and white fringes to them.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
And after them there marched five troops of asses, on which rode Sileni and Satyri, all wearing crowns.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
