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satyrisk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsatɪɹɪsk/ (UK)

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek σατυρίσκος (saturískos), the diminutive form of σάτῠρος (sátŭros, “satyr”).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Greek Antiquities, rare) A little satyr.
    • Heron also…mentions Satyrisks with wine-skins. 1850, John Leitch (translator), Karl Otfried Müller (author), Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (editor of the German second edition), Ancient Art and Its Remains; or, A Manual of the Archæology of Art, § 386, page 500

Forms

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satyrisks Number=Plur lexicographic