Aegipan

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Aegĭpān, ānis, or Gr. ānos (dat. plur. Aegipanis, Mart. Cap. 6, p. 215), m., = Αἰγίπαν.

I Goat-Pan , i. e. goat-shaped Pan , a well-known sylvan deity with goat's feet and rough body , Hyg. Astr. 2, 28.—

II Acc. to Mel. 1, 4, 10; 1, 8, 10; and Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 46, a kind of goat-shaped men in Africa , perh. the baboon.