satyrus

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

sătyrus, i, m., = σάτυρος.

I A kind of ape , Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24; 5, 8, 8, § 44; 10, 72, 93, § 199; Sol. 27 fin.

II A Satyr , one of the satyri , a kind of wood-deities resembling apes , with two goat’s feet , and very lascivious; sing. , Ov. M. 6, 110; 6, 383; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 125; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Sil. 3, 103.—Commonly plur.: capripedes Satyros, Lucr. 4, 580; Hor. C. 2, 19, 4; 1, 1, 31; id. Ep. 1, 19, 4; id. A. P. 221 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 397; id. M. 1, 193; 1, 692; 4, 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43 al.—

B Like the Gr. Σάτυροι, Greek satiric plays : satyrorum scriptor, Hor. A. P. 235: satyri dicaces, id. ib. 226: protervi, id. ib. 233.

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