Definitions for Silenus

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Silenus Si·le·nus

Spelling: [sahy-lee-nuh s]

IPA: /saɪˈli nəs/

Silenus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in Silenus (eilnssu).

Definitions for Silenus

noun

1. 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.
2. (lowercase) any of a group of forest spirits similar to satyrs: often represented as a drunken old man with the legs and ears of a horse.

Examples for Silenus

A satyr lifts her vest, while Silenus and other figures look on in admiration.

Silenus, the nurse and teacher of Bacchus—a demigod of the woods.

For ten days there was feasting and games in the palace in honor of Silenus.

Silenus, their leader, bids them prepare to see the young Prince Oberon.

"Like Silenus without the goat's hoofs," answered Euergetes.

Is it Christian history, or the histories of Pan and Silenus?

It was Silenus, a teacher whose fame had gone through all the world.

The thick-set figure of Silenus is about sixteen inches high.

Comrade Ossipon, nicknamed the Doctor, went out of the Silenus beer-hall.

The beautiful statuette of Silenus, already described, was found in this house.