| 释义 |
‖ Silenus|saɪˈliːnəs|
Pl. Sileni |saɪˈliːnaɪ|.
[L. Sīlēnus, ad. Gr. σειληνός: cf. silen.]
1. Gr. Mythol. The foster-father of Bacchus, and leader of the satyrs; also, a wood-god, a satyr.
1710W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes xxvii. (1722) 134 Several cruel Dæmons, Satyrs, Sileni and Tityri. a1734North Lives (1826) II. 44 He was a very Silenus to the boys,..the students of the law, to make them merry whenever they had a mind to it. 1738Chambers Cycl. s.v. Satyr, The poets usually confound the Satyrs, Sylvans, Sileni, Fauns, and Panes. 1820Shelley Hymn of Pan 18 The Sileni, and Sylvans, and Fauns, And the Nymphs of the woods and the waves. 1831Keightley Mythol. 204 The Satyrs..when old were called Sileni.
2. Zool. A species of macaque. Also attrib.
1871Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 117 The Silenus Ape, usually miscalled Wanderoo, is so baboonish that, although it has a long tail, it cannot be placed with the Common Macaque. |