satyr

See also: Satyr

English

Statue of a satyr by Praxiteles

A specimen of Andromeda satyr (Cithaerias andromeda).

Alternative forms

• satyre (rare, archaic)
• satyrus (rare)

Etymology

From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsætə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪtɚ/, /ˈsætɚ/
• Homophone: saeter (GA pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ), -eɪtə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: sa‧tyr

Noun

satyr (plural satyrs)

1. (Greek mythology) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
   • 1637, John Milton, Lycidas:

     Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long.
     male variation of nymphs

2. (Roman mythology) Synonym of faun
3. (by extension) A lecherous man.
4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
5. (obsolete) The orangutan.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Derived terms

• satyrisation, satyrization
• satyrizing

Related terms

• satyrisk

Translations

Greek mythology

• Afrikaans: sater (af)
• Arabic: ساتير (satir)
• Asturian: sátiru m
• Bulgarian: сатир m (satir)
• Catalan: sàtir m
• Danish: satyr c
• Esperanto: satiruso
• Finnish: satyyri (fi)
• French: satyre (fr) m
• Galician: sátiro (gl) m
• German: Satyr (de) m
• Greek: σάτυρος (el) m (sátyros)

  Ancient Greek: σάτυρος m (sáturos)

• Hindi: सेटिर m (seṭir)
• Italian: satiro (it) m
• Japanese: サテュロス (satyurosu)
• Kashubian: satir m
• Korean: 사튀로스 (satwiroseu)
• Latin: satyrus m
• Old English: satyrus m
• Polish: satyr (pl) m
• Portuguese: sátiro (pt) m
• Romanian: satir (ro) m
• Russian: сати́р (ru) m (satír)
• Spanish: sátiro (es) m
• Swedish: satyr (sv) c
• Tagalog: satiro
• Thai: เซเทอร์ (see-tə̂ə), เมษปิศาจ (mêet-sà-bpì-sàat)
• Turkish: satir (tr)
• Urdu: ساطیر (sāter)

Lecher

• Bulgarian: развратник (bg) m (razvratnik)
• French: satyre (fr) m
• Hindi: हवसनाक m (havasnāk), हवसदार m (havasdār), हवस-परस्त m (havas-parast)
• Polish: satyr (pl) m
• Spanish: sátiro (es) m
• Swedish: satyr (sv) c
• Urdu: ہوسناک (hawas nak)

References

• “satyr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• T-rays, artsy, stary, stray, trays, yrast

Dutch

Alternative forms

• sater

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.tir/, /ˈsaː.tər/
• Hyphenation: sa‧tyr

Noun

satyr m (plural satyrs, diminutive satyrtje n)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) satyr, faun

Derived terms

• satyrspel

Related terms

• satire

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tɨr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɨr
• Syllabification: sa‧tyr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Noun

satyr m pers

1. (Greek mythology) satyr
2. satyr (lecherous man)

Declension

Declension of satyr

	singular	plural
nominative	satyr	satyrowie
genitive	satyra	satyrów
dative	satyrowi	satyrom
accusative	satyra	satyrów
instrumental	satyrem	satyrami
locative	satyrze	satyrach
vocative	satyrze	satyrowie

Derived terms

adjective

• satyrowy

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

satyr f

1. genitive plural of satyra

Further reading

• satyr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• satyr in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

satyr c

1. (Greek mythology) a satyr
2. a satyr (lecherous (older) man)

Declension

Declension of satyr
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	satyr	satyren	satyrer	satyrerna
Genitive	satyrs	satyrens	satyrers	satyrernas

See also

• nymf
• satyriasis

References

• satyr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• satyr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• satyr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)