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Usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey
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silenus
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Silenus may refer to: Mythology : Silenus , a satyr and companion to Dionysus Biology : A butterfly, Myrina silenus A damselfly , Drepanosticta silenus The lion-tailed macaque , Macaca silenus The prowfish , Zaprora silenus
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs) the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wanderoo \Wan`der*oo"\, n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zo["o]l.) A large monkey ( Macacus silenus ) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha , silenus , neelbhunder , lion-tailed ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1710, from Greek Seilenos , foster-father of Bacchus and leader of the satyrs; the name is of unknown origin (Klein compares Thracian zilai "wine").
Usage examples of silenus.
And there were certainly others who, like the ancient poet Martin Silenus, had stayed alive through a combination of WorldWeb-era medicine, Poulsen treatments, and sheer determination.
Bob Coggan was sent home for his ill manners, and tranquility was restored by Jacob Smallbury, who volunteered a ballad as inclusive and interminable as that with which the worthy toper old Silenus amused on a similar occasion the swains Chromis and Mnasylus, and other jolly dogs of his day.
Whilst we were at supper, Apollo played on the harp, Silenus danced a cordax, and the Muses repeated Hesiod's Theogony, and the first Ode of Pindar.
Martin Silenus watched out the window for one full hour, fighting the tides of reawakening pain and the terrible sleepy urge to return to fugue state.
Martin Silenus sniffed ajar, found a knife on the sandwich plate, and added great dollops of horseradish to his sandwiches.
The Sequoia Sempervirens had been in low orbit around Old Earth -- or just plain "Earth" as Martin Silenus demanded we call it -- for several hours.
Silenus shrugged, feeling the heat and dizziness whirl around him.