satyrisk
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek σατυρίσκος (saturískos), the diminutive form of σάτῠρος (sáturos, “satyr”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]satyrisk (plural satyrisks)
- (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.
- 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:
Translations
[edit]a little satyr
References
[edit]- NED VIII (Q–Sh; 1st ed., 1914), part ii (S–Sh), page 128/1, “Satyrisk”
- OED (2nd ed., 1989), “satyrisk”