sileni
sileni noun: a group of minor deities or demigods similar to fauns or satyrs.
Noun
sileni pl (plural only)
- A group of minor deities or demigods similar to fauns or satyrs.
- With them, in the recess
Of lovely caves, well-spying Argos-slayer
And the Sileni mix in love.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 446 - And so, while husbands are worshiping at their boyhood shrines, being the lawyers, merchants, or masterminds their parents wanted them to be, their wives, even after fourteen years of marriage and two fine children produced and raised, are still on the search for love - which can come to them only...1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 12
- With them, in the recess
Questions about sileni
- What does sileni mean?
- Sileni means a group of minor deities or demigods similar to fauns or satyrs.
- What part of speech is sileni?
- Sileni is a noun.
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