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sa⋅tyr

  [sey-ter, sat-er]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
2. a lascivious man; lecher.
3. a man who has satyriasis.
4. Also, sa⋅tyr⋅id  [sey-ter-id, sat-er-, suh-tahy-rid] . Also called satyr butterfly. any of several butterflies of the family Satyridae, having gray or brown wings marked with eyespots.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L satyrus < Gk sátyros

Related forms:
sa⋅tyr⋅ic  [suh-tir-ik] , sa⋅tyr⋅i⋅cal, adjective
sa⋅tyr⋅like, adjective
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sa·tyr   (sā'tər, sāt'ər)   
n.  
  1. often Satyr Greek Mythology A woodland creature depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
  2. A licentious man; a lecher.
  3. A man who is affected by satyriasis.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots.

[Middle English satire, from Old French, from Latin satyrus, from Greek saturos.]
sa·tyr'ic (sā-tîr'ĭk, sə-), sa·tyr'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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Satyr

Sa"tyr\ (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. ?: cf. F. satyre.]

1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.

Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, From the glad sound would not be absent long. --Milton.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalid[ae]. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The orang-outang.
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satyr [(say-tuhr)]

[Roman name faun]

A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat. Satyrs were famous for being constantly drunk and for chasing nymphs. They were companions of Dionysus.

Note: By extension, a “satyr” is a lecherous male.
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satyr 
woodland deity, companion of Bacchus, c.1374, from L. satyrus, from Gk. satyros, of unknown origin. In pre-Roman Gk. art, a man-like being with the tail and ears of a horse; the modern conception of a being part man, part goat, is from Roman sculptors, who seem to have assimilated them to the fauns of native mythology. In some Eng. bibles used curiously to translate Heb. se'irim, a type of hairy monster superstitiously believed to inhabit deserts.
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Satyr

hairy one. Mentioned in Greek mythology as a creature composed of a man and a goat, supposed to inhabit wild and desolate regions. The Hebrew word is rendered also "goat" (Lev. 4:24) and "devil", i.e., an idol in the form of a goat (17:7; 2 Chr. 11:15). When it is said (Isa. 13:21; comp. 34:14) "the satyrs shall dance there," the meaning is that the place referred to shall become a desolate waste. Some render the Hebrew word "baboon," a species of which is found in Babylonia.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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