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
The naiads, nymphs, divine, have as their progeny Sileni, who are much more like myself, I take it, than like you.
From The Symposium by Henry Graham Dakyns
The Sileni shall return you to your craft.
From The Tarn of Eternity by Frank Tymon
He bore in his train the Satyrs, whose joyous troop I led, Sileni, Pans, and Centaurs.
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France
