• Satyrisk

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈsatɪɹɪsk/

    Origin

    From the Ancient Greek σατυρίσκος, the diminutive form of σάτῠρος ("satyr").

    Full definition of satyrisk

    Noun

    satyrisk

    (plural satyrisks)
    1. (Greek Antiquities, rare) A little satyr.
      • 1850, John Leitch (translator), Karl Otfried Müller (author), Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (editor of the German second edition), Ancient Art and Its Remains; or, A Manual of the Archæology of Art, § 386, page 500:Heron also…mentions Satyrisks with wine-skins.
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