English to French Meaning of satyr - satyre

Satyr :

satyre

noun

la personne, homme, individuel, personnalité, âme, satyre

Satyr :: satyreSatyriasis :: satyriasisSatyrs :: satyres

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Definitions of satyr in English

Noun(1) man with strong sexual desires(2) one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns

Examples of satyr in English

(1) Her confrontation of the insatiable satyr while he has his hand up another honey's haunches is the sole moment of real emotion in what is otherwise a movie of surfaces.(2) He relates how a satyr found pipes discarded by their inventor, Minerva (the goddess Athena in Greek mythology), how the satyr challenged Apollo, and how he was punished as a result.(3) As befits the son of a satyr , Midas was a king who loved the pleasures of this world.(4) Five years of sexual relations with this satyr of a King were all that she could manage, given what she called her ├ö├ç├┐cold temperament├ö├ç├û and her numerous health complications.(5) Charles was an unmarried satyr(6) Unfortunately, Sutherland plays a pony-tailed satyr of only limited charm, and Garner, who is a fine comic actor, is never really put to work.(7) Dionysos and his satyrs , nymphs, and maenads are, of course, found everywhere in the ancient world, but they appear most frequently in dining rooms and gardens.(8) Meadow grass harbors the tiny caterpillars of ringlets and satyrs .(9) In art, Bacchus is represented as a curly-haired child drinking wine; as a young man, naked apart from a crown of vine leaves and grapes; or heavily drunk, sometimes being put to bed by nymphs and satyrs .(10) Anyone who is capable of seeing through the satyric hide of Alcibiades' discourse, capable of discerning his admiration and his love, will no longer wish to mock Socrates or condemn him to death.(11) One side depicts Herakles, clad in spotted tunic with dagger drawn, about to slay the Nemean lion; the other, Dionysus and two nude satyrs .(12) J. C. Scaliger sparked off a controversy when he claimed that Roman satire was descended from Greek satyric drama.(13) We have eleven titles and some brief fragments, notably from the satyric Omphale.

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Synonyms

Noun

1. forest god ::

dieu forêt

Different Forms

satyr, satyriasis, satyrs

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