saturyt

A Middle English form of satyr1. satyr1 (sat'er or sā'ter), n. [Early mod. E. also satyre; Satyr. The Barber in i Faun, at Munich. with small horns upon the forehead, and a tail like that of a horse or a goat, and they frequently hold a thyrsus or wine-cup. Late Roman writers confused the satyrs with their own fauns, and gave them the lower half of the body of a goat. Satyrs were common attendants on Bac chus, and were distinguished for lasciviousne and riot. In the authorized version of the Old Testament (Isa. xiii. 21; xxxiv. 14) the name is given to a demon believed to live in uninhabited places and popularly supposed to have the appearance of a he-goat (whence the name). The Hebrew word sä'îr, plural se'îrîm, so translated in these pa ages, means 'shaggy' as an adjective, and 'he-goat' as a noun. From the idolatrous worship of goats, the name came to be applied to demons. In Lev. xvii. 7 and 2 Chron. xi. 15 it is translated 'devil.' Satury and fawny more and le e. Chaucer , Troilus, iv. 1544. In deede they were but disguised persons vnder the shape of Satyres , as who would say, these terrene and base gods being conuersant with mans affaires, and spiers out of all their secret faults. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 25. I was born with budding Antlers like a young Satyr . Congreve, Way of the World, iii. 18. Hence-2. A very lecherous or lascivious person; one affected with satyriasis.-3. In zoöl .: (a) The orang-utan, Simia satyr us : see Satyrus . (b) A pheasant of the genus Ceriornis ; a tragopan. (c) An ar argus-butterfly: same as meadow brown ; any member of the Satyr inæ.-4. In her ., same as manticore . satyr2t, n. An obsolete erroneous spelling of satyral (sat'èr-al or sa'tėr-al), n. [ satyr1 + -al.] In her., her . , a monster which has a human head and the body and limbs of different animals, as the body and legs of a lion together with long horns, or some similar grotesque combination. satyrelt, n. An obsolete form of satyr1 . satyre2t, n. satire. satire. An obsolete erroneous spelling of IMG:content-0156.jpg:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0157.jpg:[graphic] Satyri