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語源

Borrowed from Latin Sīlēnus, from Ancient Greek Σῑληνός (Sīlēnós). Doublet of Silvanus.

発音

• IPA: /saɪˈliːnəs/

固有名詞

Silenus

1. (Greek mythology) A companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.
   • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 34:

     As a goat he [Dionysus] can hardly be separated from the minor divinities, the Pans, Satyrs, and Silenuses, all of whom are closely associated with him and are represented more or less completely in the form of goats.

   • 1903, John Corbin, An American at Oxford‎, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company:

     There are oranges from Florida and Tangiers, dainty maiden blush apples from New England, figs and dates from the Levant, prunes and prunelles from Italy, candied apricots from France, and the superb English hothouse grapes, more luscious than Silenus ever crushed against his palate.

派生語

関連する語

アナグラム

• insulse

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [siːˈɫeː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [siˈlɛː.nus]

固有名詞

Sīlēnus m sg (genitive Sīlēnī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Silenus (a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus)

語形変化

Second-declension noun, singular only.

関連する語

派生した語

• Catalan: Silè
• → English: Silenus
• French: Silène
• Italian: Sileno
• Portuguese: Sileno
• Spanish: Sileno

Further reading

• “Sīlēnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.