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silenus noun. . E17.
[Latin Silenus from Greek Seilenos foster-father of Bacchus and leader of the satyrs.]
Greek Mythology. A wood-god, a satyr, esp. one represented as a bearded old man with the tail and legs of a horse. Cf. SILEN.
Silenic adjective resembling Silenus or (one of) the Sileni E19.