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aegipan

UK/ˈiːdʒɪpan/

aegipan noun: a goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.

Noun

aegipan (plural aegipans or aegipanes)

  1. (Greek) A goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.
    • there were passages in Pomponius Mela, about the old African Satyrs and Oegipans, over which Usher would sit dreaming for hours.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
    • "No," Shin said, "I don't think that folk who were warned that you were arriving on an ogre would be terrified to learn that an aegipan was part of the group also. Though I'm flattered that you'd consider such a possibility."2007, David Drake, The Mirror of Worlds

Proper noun capitalized: Aegipan

Aegipan

  1. A mythological being, possibly identical with Pan.

Forms of aegipan

pluralaegipans
pluralaegipanes
alternative formoegipan

Origin of aegipan

From Latin Aegipān, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Αἰγίπαν (Aigípan), from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) + Πάν (Pán, “Pan”).

Questions about aegipan

What does aegipan mean?
Aegipan means a goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.
What part of speech is aegipan?
Aegipan can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce aegipan?
Aegipan is pronounced /ˈiːdʒɪpan/ (UK).
What is the plural of aegipan?
The plural of aegipan is aegipans.

Words near aegipan in the dictionary

  1. aegilopses
  2. Aegina
  3. Aeginetan
  4. Aeginetans
  5. Aeginetic
  6. aegipan
  7. aegipanes
  8. aegipans
  9. Aegipt
  10. Aegiptian
  11. Aegiptians

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